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Least Skipper

Ancyloxypha numitor

Photo by LisaPowers
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Description:

Very small (~2 cm wingspan) orange skipper with dark wing margins.

Habitat:

Found nectaring on common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) alongside a private gravel driveway adjacent to a stream and wetland in an open meadow.

Reference Links:

Least Skipper Ancyloxypha numitor (Fabricius, 1793) | Butterflies and Moths of …

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