Category: “Gems” that look like jet 4 of them on the ventral side of wings

  • Plain Brown Butterfly With Sparkle

    A little brown butterfly with a wingspan of about 1.5 inches. Not a moth, I did say butterfly. A Gemmed Satyr (Cyllopsis gemma), which can be found in the southeastern United States and northeastern Mexico. On the ventral, or underside, of this butterfly’s wings, on the outer edges, there are lines of four round “gems”…