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Woodland Skipper - Ochlodes sylvanoides
Copyright © 2007 Carol Davis

Woodland Skipper - Ochlodes sylvanoides
Red Butte Gardens, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
August 15, 2005
Is this a Long Dash?
Contributed by Carol Davis on 18 February, 2007 - 2:14am
Last updated 29 August, 2016 - 4:17pm

Moved
Moved from Sandhill Skipper.
… Carol Davis, 29 August, 2016 - 4:15pm

Woodland Skipper male
Based on narrow stigma and rectangular dorsal hindwing markings
… Cliff Ivy, 29 August, 2016 - 11:13am

Sandhill Skipper
Your skipper is a Sandhill Skipper (Polites sabuleti). Long Dashes are not found in Utah.
… Ethan Kistler, 18 February, 2007 - 7:27am

 
Thank you.
Would never have come up with a Sandhill Skipper. Thanks for the info.
… Carol Davis, 18 February, 2007 - 5:25pm

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