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Little Yellow - Pyrisitia lisa
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Little Yellow - Male - Smithville, TX - Sept 10, 2003
Photo © Phil Schappert
Status in Nova Scotia
Rare migrant. Ferguson lists six records.

Flight Period
Records for Nova Scotia are between mid-July and Sept. 1.

Notes
Normal range is the southeastern US, but it ranges widely in some years, getting well into Canada.

Further Reading


Little Yellow - Smithville, TX, June 22, 2007
Little Yellow - Female ovipositing - Smithville, TX - June 22, 2007
June 22, 2007
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Little Yellow - Smithville, TX, July 19, 2007
Little Yellow - Pair in copulo, male above - Smithville, TX - July 19, 2007
July 19, 2007
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Little Yellow - Smithville, TX, Aug 13, 2007
Little Yellow - Larva - Smithville, TX - Aug 13, 2007
Aug 13, 2007
Photo © Phil Schappert