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Milbert's Tortoise-shell

Vanessa milberti

Plate XX — Milbert's Tortoise-shell is Fig. 10
Plate XX — Milbert's Tortoise-shell is Fig. 10

Butterfly.-Easily distinguished by the broad yellow submarginal band on both wings, shaded outwardly by red. It is nearly related to the European V. urticae. Expanse, 1.75 inch.

The life-history has been worked out and described by numerous writers. The caterpillars feed upon the nettle (Urtica).

This pretty little fly ranges from the mountains of West Virginia northward to Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, thence westward to the Pacific.