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Buckeye
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| Scientific Name: | Junonia coenia
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| Habitat & Flight Period: | Open areas with some exposed ground and low vegetation / May-October
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| Comment: | Eyespots on upperwing may scare away predators or at least cause them to attack the wing rather than the head. This specimen appears to have survived such an attack! Buckeyes recolonized Illinois each year. Their larvae feed on the common weed Plantain
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