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Skipper - Hylephila phyleus - male

Skipper - Hylephila phyleus - Male
Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Florida, USA
June 6, 2006
Not too common to see these at night.

Fiery Skipper
It's a Fiery Skipper, one of the grass skippers. You can identify them by the yellow/orange color, small size and the small black spots on the wing. See one here.

 
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Thanks! This has a bit of a different color than the ones a few miles away in Vero Beach.
-Sean McCann


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