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Fiery Skipper Butterfly

Fiery Skipper Hylephila phyleus

Photo by HeatherMiller
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Description:

This buttefly was curling his drinking straw tongue and flying all over. She was the 2nd different kind of flying critter I spotted today on my Lantannas.

I think it might be a female, but am not 100% sure.

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Fiery Skipper

Hylephila phyleus

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PublishedAugust 10, 2011

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