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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Skippers (Hesperiidae) » Grass Skippers (Hesperiinae) » Hesperiini » Euphyes » Black Dash - Hodges#4075 (Euphyes conspicua)
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Black Dash - Euphyes conspicua - female
Copyright © 2016 Mark R. Johnson

Black Dash - Euphyes conspicua - Female
Finzel, Allegany County, Maryland, USA
July 13, 2016
Looking for confirmation on this ID. Found nectaring on milkweed in a wet meadow/bog in Western Maryland.
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Contributed by Mark R. Johnson on 15 July, 2016 - 5:10pm
Last updated 16 July, 2016 - 4:53pm

Black Dash female
Moved from Southern Broken-Dash.
… Cliff Ivy, 16 July, 2016 - 9:15am login or register to post comments

The spot pattern of the forewing is not
Southern Broken Dash but is a match for Black Dash. This skipper has a mid summer flight,
favors wet meadows and often nectars swamp milkweed.
Nice find. BugGuide first for Maryland.
… Cliff Ivy, 16 July, 2016 - 9:14am login or register to post comments

 
Excellent! Thanks Cliff.
Excellent! Thanks Cliff.
… Mark R. Johnson, 16 July, 2016 - 4:57pm login or register to post comments

female
Moved from ID Request.
… Cliff Ivy, 16 July, 2016 - 8:57am login or register to post comments

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