I have now encountered two different Duskywings that present as Juvenal's by the hindwing "Juvie spots." One shows additional signs of Juvenal's genetics - gray overscaling in the FW above and very large glassy spots in a female.
(1) Late-emerging Juvenal's (2) Horace's with the gene for Juvie spots (3) Hybrid
What do y'all think about the relative likelihood of each? On iNat, there is no attestation of adult Juvenal's in August even as far north as Canada - except for a ssp down in Mexico.
<div dir=3D"ltr">I have now encountered two different Duskywings that prese= nt as Juvenal's by the hindwing "Juvie spots."=C2=A0 One show= s additional signs of Juvenal's genetics - gray overscaling in the FW a= bove and very large glassy spots in a female.<div><br></div><div>One observ= ation is from Jul 12 2023 in Chatham Co:=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://urldefense= .com/v3/__https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/172516823__;!!OToaGQ!u8-= FzERW7n2TRKPJ9AMozNlKkiJe0pazMaEgnY8H1I17sdQ30qSW6_AUBYboCPuKE0hyyLpOYVFXpQ= xktmsPdzB1dA$">https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/172516823</a></div>= <div>The other is from Aug 2022 seemingly near Charlotte (data obscured):= =C2=A0<a href=3D"https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.inaturalist.org/ob= servations/130815076__;!!OToaGQ!u8-FzERW7n2TRKPJ9AMozNlKkiJe0pazMaEgnY8H1I1= 7sdQ30qSW6_AUBYboCPuKE0hyyLpOYVFXpQxktmsXELeSSQ$">https://www.inaturalist.o= rg/observations/130815076</a></div><div><br></div><div>As I think through h= ypotheses, I get</div><div><br></div><div>(1) Late-emerging Juvenal's</= div><div>(2) Horace's with the gene for Juvie spots</div><div>(3) Hybri= d</div><div><br>What do y'all think about the relative likelihood of ea= ch?=C2=A0 On iNat, there is no attestation of adult Juvenal's in August= even as far north as Canada - except for a ssp down in Mexico.<br><br>Jeff= Cagle</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>