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Common Roadside-Skipper? - Amblyscirtes vialis - male
Copyright © 2013 Mary Kay Rubey

Common Roadside-Skipper? - Amblyscirtes vialis - Male
Crawford County, Michigan, USA
May 25, 2013
Is this a Common Roadside-Skipper? If not, what? I've never seen a roadside-skipper before, so this is foreign territory to me. Can anyone confirm or correct my tentative ID? Thanks!

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Common Roadside-Skipper? - Amblyscirtes vialis - male Common Roadside-Skipper? - Amblyscirtes vialis - male Common Roadside-Skipper? - Amblyscirtes vialis - male
Contributed by Mary Kay Rubey on 6 August, 2013 - 11:01am
Last updated 23 January, 2015 - 8:00pm

Moved
Moved from Amblyscirtes.
… Cliff Ivy, 23 January, 2015 - 8:00pm

Moved
Moved from Skippers.
… William Edwards, 9 December, 2013 - 10:26am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 19 August, 2013 - 2:05pm

Looks like.
The checkered-fringe and the spots seem right, and - unlike many skippers - Michigan is included in their range.
… Bill Wilwers, 6 August, 2013 - 11:39am

 
Bill, thanks so much.
Bill, thanks so much.
… Mary Kay Rubey, 6 August, 2013 - 12:24pm

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