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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) » Thymelicini » Ancyloxypha » Least Skipper - Hodges#4004 (Ancyloxypha numitor)
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Unknown Skipper - Ancyloxypha numitor
Copyright © 2012 Matthew Zito

Unknown Skipper - Ancyloxypha numitor
Quittie Creek Nature Park, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA
September 13, 2012
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Contributed by Matthew Zito on 15 September, 2012 - 7:20pm
Last updated 3 October, 2012 - 4:07pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Matthew Zito, 3 October, 2012 - 4:07pm login or register to post comments

Least Skipper
Least Skipper: Ancyloxypha numitor

Found near pond or stream? And flying low above the ground or water?
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… Doug Bruce, 15 September, 2012 - 9:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Near a stream. Also, it was
Near a stream. Also, it was very small for a skipper.
… Matthew Zito, 16 September, 2012 - 12:06pm login or register to post comments

 
ahh interesting
so then what are the differences between this one and mine? just curious...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/550886
… ROBIN ARMSTRONG SEEBER, 15 September, 2012 - 9:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Apex of forewing
The apex of the dorsal forewing is probably the most distinctive difference from this view. The Zabulon Skipper has a dark patch near the apex, but the Least Skipper has a simple dark band around the edge of the wing, without the patch. The Least Skipper's abdomen appears longer and skinnier to me.

The Zabulon's flight can be almost too fast to follow, and high, while the Least flaps weakly near the ground.

The Zabulon is larger, too, but this might be useful only if you happen to have them side by side, which happens less often than one might hope. :)
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… Doug Bruce, 15 September, 2012 - 10:02pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks
how interesting!
… ROBIN ARMSTRONG SEEBER, 15 September, 2012 - 10:04pm login or register to post comments

Zabulon?
no expert here for sure, but a guess...
… ROBIN ARMSTRONG SEEBER, 15 September, 2012 - 9:27pm login or register to post comments

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