Little Yellow (Eurema lisa)
Insect art to promote insect growth and development.
The Little Yellow likes warm weather and can usually be seen on the eastern side of northern South America, the West Indies up to the Carolinas. In the last few decades, however, they have become more frequent visitors further north to the Great Lakes Regions and New England. The Little Yellow cannot
survive cold winters. Fresh immigrants arrive in the Northeast and Midwest every year, furnishing one to two more broods before the autumn chill kills them. Vast numbers of Little Yellows emigrate to the Caribbean and Atlantic. Little Yellows are small with a wingspan ranging between three to four centimeters. The mating pair in the foreground of this illustration are a bit more than twice their natural size. The female lays minute eggs usually on a legume such as Wild Senna or the Partridge Pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata), illustrated here. Clovers (Trifolium) and Hog Peanuts (Amphicarpse) can also serve a host plants for Little Yellows.
survive cold winters. Fresh immigrants arrive in the Northeast and Midwest every year, furnishing one to two more broods before the autumn chill kills them. Vast numbers of Little Yellows emigrate to the Caribbean and Atlantic. Little Yellows are small with a wingspan ranging between three to four centimeters. The mating pair in the foreground of this illustration are a bit more than twice their natural size. The female lays minute eggs usually on a legume such as Wild Senna or the Partridge Pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata), illustrated here. Clovers (Trifolium) and Hog Peanuts (Amphicarpse) can also serve a host plants for Little Yellows.
Artist: Cindy Gilbane
If you would like to see more of Cindy's art go to: http://www.artbygilbane.com
or e-mail her at: clgilbane@gmail.com
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