Four-Spotted Pennant (Brachymesia gravida)

Identification: Note the white stigmas, the dark spots between the nodus and the stigma on each wing. With age, both the male and female thorax turns blackish in color. In immature males and females the thorax and abdomen are orange-red with black dorsal markings on S3-S9. They tend to perch at the tips of twigs and limbs.

Mature female- Northumberland County, Virginia
August 26, 2006

Immature female- Hampton, Virginia

Immature female- Hampton, Virginia

Mature female- Hampton, Virginia