|Milberts's | 1¾ |May,June, |Nettle |Roadsides | tortoise | | Aug,Sep | | |Broad, reddish yellow band across both wings |Mourning cloak | 3 |Apr,Jul,Sep|Willow, poplar |Everywhere |Black with yellow or cream-bordered wings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Beauties |Red admiral | 2 |May,Jul,Sep|Nettle, elm |Waste land |Bright red band circling across both wings |Painted beauty | 2 |May,Jul,Sep|Everlasting, |Thistles | | | | thistle, burdock | |Mottled with pink, black and white, under surface mottled, two large spots | on under surface of hind wing |Thistle butterfly| 2-2¼ |May,Jul,Sep|Thistles |Pastures |Like the painted beauty, but has several small eye spots ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The White Admirals |Red-spotted | 3 |July |Wild cherry, apple, |Near trees | purple | | | etc. | |Purple and blue above, six red spots on under surface of wings |Banded purple | 2½ |July |Hawthorn |Open woods |A broad white band across both wings |Viceroy | 2½ |June,Aug |Poplar, willow |Roadsides |Imitates the monarch, but is smaller and has a black line across the hind | wings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Satyrs |Grass nymph | 1¾ |July |Grass |Meadows |Dull brown, twenty spots in two rows across the wings |Little wood satyr| 1¾ |July |Grass |Hillsides |Dull brown, six spots |Wood nymph | 2 |July |Grass |Hillsides |Dull brown, two eye spots on each fore wing in a larger yellow spot ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hairstreaks |Hop hairstreak | 1⅛ |May,July |Hop |About shrubbery |Dark color, hind wings have slender tail-like projection and black spots | crowned with crimson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Coppers |American copper | 1 |May,Jun,Sep|Sorrel |Everywhere |Orange-red fore wings spotted with black, hind wing with orange border ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Blues |Common blue | 1 |May,July |Pea |Roadsides |Male light violet, female lighter with reddish bordered wings