Hayhurst’s Scallopwing

I’ve had a couple chances to get out locally this week. The summer brood of grass skippers have emerged and Silvery Checkerspots are again on the wing. At the house notables have been many Peck’s, Tawny-edged Skippers, Sachem, American Snout (only the second of the year) and both Emperors. At Harper’s Ferry South School House Ridge are fresh Zabulon Skippers and Silvery Checkerspots. Today at the main Harper’s Ferry area I saw a Hayhurst’s Scallopwing (Staphylus hayhurstii), one of only three species found in North America. I hadn’t seen one in West Virginia in four years. I tried getting a zoomed in photo with the cell phone but the image quality is bad.