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Arctic Skipper

Carterocephalus palaemon

Photo by activistbritt
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Field Notes

Description:

A small butterfly, only about an inch long, maybe smaller, yellow spots on dark brown.. Body is fairly fat.

Habitat:

Found it in the countryside, near Sherwood park, Alberta. There were a few fluttering around in the tall grasses and clovers.

Species ID Suggestions

Arctic Skipper

Carterocephalus palaemon

Reference Link
bayucca
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Comments (5)
Jellis
The better site is Butterlies and Moths of North America.
activistbritt
Awesome thanks! That's a great site, can't figure what exactly this guy is but he does indeed look like a skipper :)
bayucca
Hesperiidae/Skipper, Heteropterinae, Carterocephalus palaemon. It is quite a variable skipper. http://bugguide.net/node/view/12857/bgimage
Rebecca Deatsman
Hi! I don't know the specific species off the top of my head, but what you have here is actually a butterfly, not a moth - specifically it's something in the Skipper family. (The fat body is typical of this family. Another thing to look for is a kink near the end of each antenna.) The BugGuide page for Skippers may be helpful if you want to figure out the species: http://bugguide.net/node/view/189/bgpage
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PublishedMay 29, 2013

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