Hocking Hills Butterflies
This butterfly is an Eastern Gemmed-Satyr. It has even fewer black eyespots - only a single pair of spots close together on the hindwing. Photographed at Hocking Hills on May 12, 2024.
This Eastern Pine Elfin was photographed at Hocking Hills on May 14, 2023. These tiny butterflies are uncommon and not known to occur in our part of the state.
The butterflies on this page were all photographed at Hocking Hills, in eastern Ohio. I have never encountered any of these four species in the Dayton area. The individual at left is a Carolina Satyr. It is very similar to our abundant Little Wood Satyrs, but this Carolina Satyr has fewer black spots on the edges of its wings. Photographed May 10, 2024.
This is a Falcate Orangetip, photographed on April 30, 2022, at Hocking Hills. This species is also not known to occur in the Dayton area, but it is found just to our south near Cincinnati and in eastern Ohio.
Only male Falcate Orangetips have orange on their wings (females do not). This species is smaller than the Cabbage White, and has a weaker flight. The first time I saw a Falcate Orangetip, I thought it was some type of moth because the flight was so weak and fluttery.
