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⇧ Go to 6-11 Cedar Bog Nature Preserve Marker Home
Marker Details
- Title, side A
- Cedar Bog Nature Preserve
- Title, side B
- Same
- Sponsors
- The Cedar Bog Association, Chapaign County Bicentennial Historical Marker Committee, and The Ohio Historical Society
- Address
- 980 Woodburn RoadUrbana, 43078
- Location
- At entrance to the Preserve
- Latitude
- 40.0556800
- Longitude
- -83.7921680
Picture Details
- Title
- Swamp Metalmark Butterfly
- Caption
- Specimen of the swamp metalmark butterfly. This species has a wingspan of 0.6 to 0.8 inches (1.5 to 2 cm). The swamp metalmark, whose Latin name is Calephelis muticum, is an endangered species in Ohio and may be extirpated (existing elsewhere but not in Ohio). Currently, it can only be found in Cedar Bog State Memorial in Champaign County, usually between June and August, peaking in July. This species prefers to live in swampy areas and eats the swamp thistle and roadside thistle. This butterfly is also threatened by the draining of swamp land for agricultural and other purposes. It is a member of the Riodinidae (metalmark) family. This specimen was collected by J. W. Enke, July 27, 1935 (M00094).