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Common Checkered Skipper - Pyrgus communis
Copyright © 2007 CharlesMatson

Common Checkered Skipper - Pyrgus communis
Riverside Park, New York City, New York, USA
June 30, 2007
First from NYS for BugGuide, so I guess it's actually not common here.
Contributed by CharlesMatson on 1 July, 2007 - 12:13pm

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