Windwolf
Crex Meadows Butterflies... Clouded Sulphur
Clouded Sulphur
Colias philodice
Wing span: 1 1/2 - 2 3/4 inches (3.8 - 7 cm).
Caterpillar hosts: Plants in the pea family (Fabaceae) including alfalfa (Medicago sativa), white clover (Trifolium repens), and pea (Pisum sativum).
Eggs laid singly on host; caterpillars eat leaves.
Habitat: Many different open areas including fields, lawns, alfalfa and clover fields, road edges, meadows.
Picture taken October 4, 2007
| Kingdom | Animalia | (Animals) |
| Phylum | Arthropoda | (Arthropods) |
| Superclass | Hexapoda | (Hexapods) |
| Class | Insecta | (Insects) |
| Subclass | Pterygota | (Winged Insects) |
| Order | Lepidoptera | (Butterflies and Moths) |
| Superfamily | Papilionoidea | (Butterflies) |
| Family | Pieridae | (Whites and Yellows) |
| Subfamily | Coliadinae | (Sulphurs) |
| Genus | Colias | |
| Species | philodice | (Clouded Sulphur) |
Picture taken October 4, 2007