Habitat for Pearl Crescent Butterfly (Phyciodes tharos) - Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Habitat for Pearl Crescent Butterfly (Phyciodes tharos)

Habitat for Pearl Crescent Butterfly (Phyciodes tharos)

Habitat for Pearl Crescent Butterfly (Phyciodes tharos)

Daniel Cannon, Isabel Makie, Joy Gao, Stanley Blaisdell
Seth Amman Studio

Pearl crescent butterflies rest (and lay eggs) on the underside of aster leaves. The curved, leaf-like structures of this habitat were designed to provide shelter and protection.

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Image, top of page: Antonio M. Rosario