Vanessa atalanta
Wing span: 1 3/4 to 3 inches
foliage of elm, and members of the nettle family (Urticaceae) including hop, Humulus
bird droppings, fermenting fruit, rotting fruit, tree sap
marshes, moist fields, moist woods, parks, seeps, yards
females lay eggs singly on tops of host leaves, hibernates as adult, males perch (especially on ridgetops) to locate females, puddles