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Woodland Skipper (butterfly)
Ochlodes sylvanoides
47.6901, -122.323
Field Notes
Description:
The length of the wing is about an 2cm.
Habitat:
Urban flower pots.
Notes:
Given how fuzzy haired the body of this butterfly was and the deeper orange-brown color, I started wondering it it may be a moth. So I did some research on the difference between the two. This are two sites with the easiest to understand descriptions and facts:
http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/butterflymoth.html
http://insects.about.com/od/learningaboutinsects/a/butterflyormoth.htm
The bottom line, this is a butterfly because of the antennas with knobs at the ends and the posture.
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