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Common Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus communis)? - Pyrgus communis
Copyright © 2009 Andrew Meeds

Common Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus communis)? - Pyrgus communis
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
June 22, 2009
Size: ~ 3 cm
is this Common Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus communis)? Found it outside near a canal. Took some serious work to get a usable shot.
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Contributed by Andrew Meeds on 27 June, 2009 - 9:20pm
Last updated 21 July, 2009 - 6:40pm

Moved
Moved from Skippers.
… Andrew Meeds, 21 July, 2009 - 6:40pm login or register to post comments

sorry nobody got to this sooner
Yes it is indeed a Common Checkered Skipper.
… David J. Ferguson, 21 July, 2009 - 6:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Awesome
Thanks a lot for the ID. Sometimes pics fall through the cracks, no big deal on the time.
… Andrew Meeds, 21 July, 2009 - 6:39pm login or register to post comments

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