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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Skippers (Hesperiidae) » Spread-wing Skippers (Pyrginae) » Pyrgini » New World Checkered-Skippers (Burnsius) » Common Checkered-Skipper - Hodges#3966 (Burnsius communis)
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Common or White Checkered-Skipper - Burnsius communis - male
Copyright © 2013 Mike Hill

Common or White Checkered-Skipper - Burnsius communis - Male
Seven Springs, Wayne County, North Carolina, USA
August 8, 2012
I captured this insect with my phone, hence it is not a brilliant shot. My assumption is that this is a moth, a day flying moth.
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Contributed by Mike Hill on 22 April, 2013 - 8:44am
Last updated 3 May, 2013 - 7:14pm

Moved
Moved from Common or White Checkered-Skipper. Oh, you also moved it to the wrong page.
… John R. Maxwell, 22 April, 2013 - 1:03pm login or register to post comments

 
This is what comes with being
This is what comes with being "old" and new to the forum. Sorry Mate, I will try and do better. LOL
… Mike Hill, 22 April, 2013 - 1:12pm login or register to post comments

Cropping
Please notice the instructions on every image submission form requesting that you crop all images close to "just the bug" before submitting them. I got this one for you.
… John R. Maxwell, 22 April, 2013 - 1:00pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Frass.
… Mike Hill, 22 April, 2013 - 12:55pm login or register to post comments

Frassed
Moved from ID Request.
… Mike Hill, 22 April, 2013 - 11:49am login or register to post comments

 
shouldn't be frassed
Althogh the picture isn't great, this is the only record for NC
… Larry de March, 22 April, 2013 - 12:01pm login or register to post comments

 
REALLY!? So, where do you su
REALLY!? So, where do you suggest I put it? Reading the help files suggest that images up for ID should be frassed once identified.
… Mike Hill, 22 April, 2013 - 12:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Pyrgus communis
Since Bugguide is also a database, new records are always welcome. It should be moved to the Pyrgus communis images page. The instructions on how to do it are on the site somewhere. You could wait till one of the editors moves it.
… Larry de March, 22 April, 2013 - 12:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Larry, I have figured
Thanks Larry, I have figured it out and moved it as you suggested.
… Mike Hill, 22 April, 2013 - 12:56pm login or register to post comments

50-50 chance
and you picked the wrong one :-) The knobs on the antennae ends make it a butterfly, in this case a Common checkered-skipper, Pyrgus communis
… Larry de March, 22 April, 2013 - 9:09am login or register to post comments

 
Typical!! Just my luck to ge
Typical!! Just my luck to get it wrong. Thanks Larry, good of you to help.
… Mike Hill, 22 April, 2013 - 9:18am login or register to post comments

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