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    Parks | Visit | Ten To Explore | 2021 | June
    Ten Places to Find Butterflies in Cleveland Metroparks
     
    Monarch - Wildwood Park, Euclid Creek Reservation
    Facts: Family nymphalidae, milkweed butterfly, orange with black pattern, iconic pollinator, average lifespan 6-8 months, average wingspan 3.5-4 inches
     

    Monarch
     
    Painted Lady - Watershed Stewardship Center, West Creek Reservation
    Facts: Family nymphalidae, bush-footed butterflies, predominantly orange and black speckled in color with eyespots on wings, average wingspan 1.5-3 inches, average lifespan 12 months (egg-adult)
     

    Painted lady
     
    Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - Tallgrass Prairie, Brecksville Reservation
    Facts: Family papilionidae, yellow with black stripes, average lifespan 2 weeks as adult, average wingspan 3-5 inches
     

    Eastern tiger swallowtail 
     
    Eastern Black Swallowtail - Woodpecker Way Trail, Acacia Reservation
    Facts: Family papilionidae, mainly black with two pale yellow rows along wings, average wingspan 3-4 inches, average lifespan 2 weeks as adult
     

    Eastern black swallowtail
     
    Spicebush Swallowtail - Sanctuary Marsh, North Chagrin Reservation
    Facts: Family papilionidae, mainly black with pale greenish spots along wings and pale blue shading, average wingspan 3-4 inches, average lifespan 2 weeks as adult
     

    Spicebush swallowtail 
     
    Summer Azure - Jackson Field, South Chagrin Reservation
    Facts: Family lycaenidae, light blue/purple in color with speckles, 1 1/4 - 1 3/4 inch wingspan
     

    Summer azure
     
    Silver-Spotted Skipper - Meadow Trail, Garfield Park Reservation
    Facts: Family hesperiidae, dark brown with large white patch on wing with orange streak, wingspan 1 3/4 - 2 1/2 inches
     

    Silver-spotted skipper
     
    Great Spangled Fritillary - Hemlock Loop Trail, Brecksville Reservation
    Facts: Family nymphalidae, orange with black spots and black bands, average wingspan about 3 inches, much smaller than monarch
     

    Great spangled fritillary
     
    Pearl Crescent - CanalWay Center Garden, Ohio & Erie Canal Reservation
    Facts: Family nymphalidae, orange in color with black markings, 1-1.5 inch wingspan
     

    Pearl crescent
     
    Common Wood-Nymph - Nature Center Gardens, Rocky River Reservation
    Facts: Family nymphalidae, wood like coloration mainly brown with eyespots on wing tips, average 2 inch wingspan
     

    Common wood-nymph
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