The Silvery Checkerspot (Chlosyne nycteis) on one of its many host plants.

Silvery Checkerspots depend upon several composites as their host plants including Asters, Coneflowers, and Sunflowers. These two photos are of a species of Sunflower, Woodland Sunflower (Helianthus divaricatus).

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