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Duskywing skipper

Erynnis

Photo by Maria dB
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Field Notes

Habitat:

my yard

Reference Links:

Duskywing, Genus Erynnis - Duskywings - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Horace's Duskywing

Erynnis horatius

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Fyn Kynd
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Comments (5)
Maria dB
This is another one that BugGuide said couldn't be ID'd definitively other than that is a male.
Jeannette
It does have a lovely warm colour :)
Maria dB
Thanks, Jeannette; I liked this one, too; it was a lot darker than the others in the garden that day.

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PublishedNovember 24, 2012

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