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Only recently distinguished as a separate species, the Northern Pearly Eye is light brown with jagged brown lines across their wings and a row of large ‘eye’ spots on both the fore and hind wings. The antennae is orange with a black tip. Their wings are scalloped and span 4.5 to 5.1 cm. It is smaller and paler than the Pearly-eye, and feeds on forest grasses rather than cane.
Eggs are laid singly on various woodland grasses. There is one brood from June to August. The larvae are green with red-tipped horns at both ends, and feed on these grasses.
The Northern Pearly Eye loves the shade, preferring damp, deciduous woods where the undergrowth is dense. The adult prefers Willow or Poplar sap, dung and carrion.
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NORTHERN PEARLY EYE
Enodia anthedon
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