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Skipper unknown - Polites peckius

Skipper unknown - Polites peckius
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA
June 25, 2008
A difficult ID ... no match in Glassberg (or I lack the imagination).

Could it
be one of the variations of a Peck's Skipper, Polites peckius?

 
Unlikely
Peck's is very common hereabouts, this one appears quite different. Doesn't have the long central spot on the underwing. Also, Peck's are distintly yellow; this one is brown.

 
But then again ...
A local expert offers his opinion that I DO have a Peck's, that there is more variation than I have recognized.

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