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Skipper? - Pyrgus communis
Copyright © 2009 G Whiz

Skipper? - Pyrgus communis
Alameda County, California, USA
September 6, 2009
Size: ~1/2 in. (13 mm) bl
On society garlic inflorescence, midday, sunny, warm. Is this another skipper like yesterday's Common Checkered Skipper? It looks darker, and it stayed put as the camera approached within inches. Yesterday's skipper was aloof and flighty.

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Contributed by G Whiz on 6 September, 2009 - 10:58pm
Last updated 7 September, 2009 - 1:16am

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… G Whiz, 7 September, 2009 - 1:16am login or register to post comments

Maybe this one's from Alabama?
… Ron Hemberger, 7 September, 2009 - 12:53am login or register to post comments

 
That'd be a long skip
Okay, okay. Looking at other images and comments, I see that this species is highly variable in color and the females are darker.

This one has almost none of the white margin on hindwings that most of the photos show.
… G Whiz, 7 September, 2009 - 1:14am login or register to post comments

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