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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 » Pepper and Salt Skipper - Hodges#4096 (Amblyscirtes hegon)
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Dark skipper - Amblyscirtes hegon
Copyright © 2008 cwhit1

Dark skipper - Amblyscirtes hegon
Cascade River State Park, Cook County, Minnesota, USA
July 1, 2008
Size: ~0.75 inch
Seen in moist area at edge of woodland at midday. Underside of wings fairly plain.
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Contributed by cwhit1 on 7 July, 2008 - 7:07pm
Last updated 10 May, 2015 - 12:37am

Moved
Moved from Amblyscirtes.
… Cliff Ivy, 10 May, 2015 - 12:37am login or register to post comments

Pepper and Salt Skipper
Very worn condition makes it difficult to ID to species. Several apparent spots occur dorsal which do not occur on A. vialis thus A. hegon.
… Cliff Ivy, 10 May, 2015 - 12:36am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Grass Skippers.
… Cliff Ivy, 23 January, 2015 - 7:44pm login or register to post comments

A Roadside skipper
based upon the checkered antennae. Very worn but either Common Roadside skipper or Pepper and Salt Skipper
http://butterfliesofamerica.com/imagehtmls/Hesperiinae/Amblyscirtes_hegon_Clay_Co_NC_USA_21-V-05_i.htm
… Cliff Ivy, 23 January, 2015 - 7:41pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies.
… Nick Block, 25 November, 2008 - 10:57am login or register to post comments

It's one of the Grass Skippers,
but it's so worn it's impossible for me to make an ID. Two reasonable guesses are Crossline Skipper and Tawny-edged Skipper.
… June Tveekrem, 8 July, 2008 - 7:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
There are so many skippers I still get them all mixed up. This helps a lot, thank you!
… cwhit1, 9 August, 2008 - 1:33pm login or register to post comments

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