Baltimore Checkerspot

This pretty butterfly likes to hang out around wet meadows, bogs, and marshes in the northeast part of the range; dry open or wooded hillsides in the southwest. Some regional populations may be declining, so let us do our part to support these beauties.

Photo Credit: John Blair

Baltimore Checkerspot

  • Hairy Beardtongue (Penstemon hirsutus)

    Honeysuckle (Lonicera spp.)

    Turtlehead (Chelone glabra)

    Viburnum spp.

    White Ash (Fraxinus americana)

    Wood-Betony (Pedicularis canadensis)

    Yellow False Foxglove (Aureolaria spp.)

    Native plants that are listed are ones that are native to our area, the list is not exhaustive

  • English Plantain – Plantago lanceolata

  • Dogbane, Gaillardia pulchella, Lobelia, Milkweed, Purple Coneflower, Swamp Thistle, Viburnum, Wild Rose

  • May-August. One brood each year, after the 4th instar they overwinter

  • Butterflies and Moths of North America. Butterfliesandmoths.org

    Brenda Dziedzic, Raising Butterflies in the Garden

    Heather Holm, Pollinators of Native Plants

    National Wildlife Federation. Nwf.org

    Xerces Society. Xerces.org

Euphydryas phaeton