Error message
Unable to fetch location details at this time.
White Checkered Skipper
Pyrgus albescens
34.0478, -119.561
Field Notes
Description:
Brown and white Skipper with an approximately 3 cm wing span. It stayed low to the ground and was fast and nervous. Seems to be the White Checkered Skipper (Pyrgus albescens). Family Hesperiidae.
Habitat:
North Bluff Trail, Santa Cruz Island, Channel Islands, California. On the ground.
Notes:
http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/pyrgus_albescens.htm.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/39712.
http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/North%20America%20-%20Pyrgus%20alb….
http://socalbutterflies.com/hesperiidae_html/white_checkered.htm.
http://images.peabody.yale.edu/lepsoc/jls/2000s/2000/2000-54(2)52-Burns….
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/white_checkered-skipper
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedJune 19, 2014
Comments (0)
Be the first to comment
Sign in to comment