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Unidentified Dark Skipper - Lerema accius
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Unidentified Dark Skipper - Lerema accius
Cape Canaveral National Seashore - North End, Volusia or Brevard County, Florida, USA
January 3, 2009
Size: Medium Skipper
It looks like a Dusted Skipper, but that doesn't make sense (or does it?) during the first week of January on the East coast of Florida on a massive sandbar covered in prickly pear and slash palm (no bluestem in sight). It looks too dark to be a Clouded Skipper, but that's my best guess. The spot pattern doesn't seem right for Twin-spot, either.

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Contributed by owenmcm on 20 February, 2009 - 12:22am
Last updated 4 March, 2009 - 6:15pm

Clouded
Yes, they fly all year in south and central Florida.
… Herschel Raney, 20 February, 2009 - 7:42am login or register to post comments

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