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Peck's Skipper
Polites peckius
34.4342, -93.0551
Field Notes
Description:
Both sexes have dark brown and yellowish-orange markings. Ventrally, both sexes have a large straw-coloured patch in the middle of the hindwing. Female is darker with no stigma. Underside of the hindwing of both sexes has a patch of large yellow spots in the center surrounded by dark brown.
Habitat:
Spotted on wildflowers at Garvan Woodland Gardens.
Notes:
Adult Food: Nectar from flowers including red clover, purple vetch, thistles, selfheal, New York ironweed, blue vervain, common milkweed, swamp milkweed, dogbane, and New Jersey tea.
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedOctober 13, 2018
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