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Fiery Skipper Butterfly

Hylephila phyleus

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Field Notes

Description:

Family: Hesperiidae. Very small, very bright yellow/orange wings with dark brown. Adorable skipper. Only 1 inch (2.5 cm) long.

Habitat:

Meadow on property with abundant weeds and flowers. Spot was on some shrubs at the edge of the meadow and the beginning of the open woodlands based upon the plant in the photo.

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Fiery skipper

Species ID Suggestions

Fiery Skipper

Hylephila phyleus

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Comments (3)
Carol Snow Milne
Oh goody!!! A Fiery Skipper. I never found one before. Thanks for the ID and thanks Dan. I couldn't believe I just found it now - one photo among hundreds of moth photos. HA!

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Spotted in Summer in the North East
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PublishedMarch 22, 2013

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