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longtailed skipper lacking long tails? - Urbanus proteus
Copyright © 2010 Anita Schiller

longtailed skipper lacking long tails? - Urbanus proteus
Jesse H. Jones Park and Nature Center, Harris County, Texas, USA
October 27, 2010
I feel I should know this critter... it looks like a long-tailed skipper (Urbanus proteus) that lacks the tails. Short tailed skipper isn't supposed to occur here, but there are massive storms in the north, so who knows?
but then it might be something totally different, and the experts will tell.

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Contributed by Anita Schiller on 27 October, 2010 - 12:08pm
Last updated 3 November, 2020 - 10:22am

Moved
Moved from Dicot Skippers.
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My favorite tailless Long-tailed Skipper comment...
… Ron M., 27 October, 2010 - 1:14pm login or register to post comments

 
mon dieu.... he's not alone.
mon dieu.... he's not alone.
… Anita Schiller , 27 October, 2010 - 1:40pm login or register to post comments

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