Category Archives: Skippers

Yucca Giant-Skipper

Posted on April 16, 2016 by admin

One of the coolest butterflies I’ve encountered thus far in my young lep career has been the Yucca Giant-Skipper. This early spring species is getting harder to find according to correspondence with lepsters in North Carolina with many years under … Continue reading →

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South Florida Specialties

Posted on April 6, 2016 by admin

This blog post is way overdue… Barry Marts and I spent four days in southern Florida in early April looking for some of the specialties that are only found in the “Sunshine State”. The weather was so-so as a couple … Continue reading →

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Crystal Skipper described…

Posted on December 1, 2015 by admin

After several years it’s more offical now for the Crystal Skipper. (Atrytonopsis quinteri). See: http://images.peabody.yale.edu/lepsoc/jls/2010s/2015/2015-69-4-275.pdf Wikipedia notes: The Crystal Skipper (Atrytonopsis quinteri) is a newly identified butterfly (family Hesperiidae) that is found only along a 30-mile (50 km) stretch of barrier islands … Continue reading →

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Lower Rio Grande Valley

Posted on November 10, 2015 by admin

A much belated posting due to many factors but it’s here at last. What’s not to like about spending a week in the best area of the lower 48 for butterflies? That’s what Barry Marts and I did between Oct … Continue reading →

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Meske’s Skipper

Posted on October 15, 2015 by admin

One last trip within the region occurred last weekend. Tis a sad time as the butterflies will slowly disappear and go into diapause until next season. A local example of a late season species is Leonard’s Skipper which emerges in … Continue reading →

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