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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 » Moncina » Amblyscirtes » Common Roadside-Skipper - Hodges#4105 (Amblyscirtes vialis)
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Very dark Skipper... or Cloudywing, or Duskywing, or Roadside-Skipoper, or Sootywing at Malakoff Diggins - Amblyscirtes vialis
Copyright © 2020 Ginger Davis

Very dark Skipper... or Cloudywing, or Duskywing, or Roadside-Skipoper, or Sootywing at Malakoff Diggins - Amblyscirtes vialis
Nevada City, Nevada County, California, USA
June 2, 2020
Size: 2 cm
Thanks to anyone who can identify this very dark skipper-like insect, that was only visible for half a microsecond.
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Contributed by Ginger Davis on 10 July, 2020 - 8:53pm
Last updated 11 July, 2020 - 8:19pm

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… Cliff Ivy, 11 July, 2020 - 8:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Common Roadside Skipper
Thanks, Cliff; I couldn't tell if the locality was in the range or not.
… Ken Allison, 12 July, 2020 - 5:45am login or register to post comments

Common Roadside Skipper?
Looks like Amblyscirtes vialis, but it's range in California is so limited that I'm leaving it for an western expert to confirm.
… Ken Allison, 11 July, 2020 - 5:54am login or register to post comments

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