Silver-Spotted Skipper on Purple Coneflower
Both butterfly and the coneflower are past their prime, but still worthy of a few pixels, I think.
According to BugGuide, Silver-Spotted Skippers range throughout southern Canada and most of the continental United States except the Great Basin and west Texas; northern Mexico.
Caterpillar Hosts: Many woody legumes including black locust (Robinia pseudacacia), honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos) and false indigo (Amorpha species).
More information and photos are also available from Butterflies and Moths of North America.
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love it - 'past their prime but still worthy of a few pixels'. aren't we all?! :)
ReplyDeleteI suspect that that skipper would not agree with your assessment of the coneflower. And as for the skipper itself...the more it looks like bird droppings on bark or a dead leaf, the better!
ReplyDeleteWe have those skippers but they always move before I can capture a video. Good job. I love coneflowers too.
ReplyDeleteI have a hard time with IDing skippers and I don't have coneflower yet, but soon....
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