#skipper butterflies

[arthropodopolis]

Peck's Skipper, Polites peckius

[whatnext10]

Beautiful Butterflies and Colorful Flowers are Here for Summer

Beautiful Butterflies and Colorful Flowers are Here for Summer shows readers a beautiful male fiery skipper feeding from an Indian blanket flower. It also explains why the author/artist was so taken by the colors at the scene.

Saffron and Fuchsia The first day of summer is just around the corner and central Florida is ready. Since we’re starting to get some rain, the wildflowers have been popping up all over and the pollinators are out in force. On Friday I spotted these gorgeous red and yellow Indian blanket (Gaillardia pulchella) flowers. When I stopped to get some photos I also found a whole host of fiery skippers…

[onenicebugperday]

Two-barred flasher, Telegonus fulgerator (previously Astraptes fulgerator), Hesperiidae (skippers)

Found from very south Texas through South America

Photographed in Texas by johnrosford

[herpsandbirds]

Rainbow Skipper (Phocides u. urania), family Hesperiidae, Monterrey, NL, Mexico

photograph by Cabo Neri

[rainwillows]

[jenfoundabug]

Arctic skipper (Carterocephalus mandan) Northeastern Pennsylvania, US

[vandaliatraveler]

Summer has arrived, and with it, the single greatest proliferation of life in Central Appalachia. This is the time of great, ostentatious wildflowers, one more showy and resplendent than the next, each competing with the other for the swarms of pollinators that have emerged to drink from the earth's sweet nectar pots, find their mates, and plant their eggs in the all-too-brief span before their whirring energies have faded into oblivion. At no time do I feel more connected to life's urgent, relentless pulse than in the electric heat of summer; the rich meadows, bogs, streambanks, and hedgerows are my temples and the tiny creatures that come to them to feed and renew their kind are the only intermediaries I need to realize true spiritual peace and joy.

The photos above are from a late afternoon bike ride on Deckers Creek Trail.

[ljsbugblog]

Orange Swift (Parnara amalia).

[thesingingbullfrog]

Dun Skipper

[geopsych]

Atalopedes campestris or sachem butterflies visiting a zinnia.

[miyrumiyru]

These skippers really love to falling in love with fall phlox!

왕팔랑나비 (Lobocla bifasciata)

[whatnext10]

A Unique Little Skipper has Only One Antenna

Uni-skipper Now that the butterflies are returning, I’m seeing more and more of them each day. Being very early in the year yet, most of them are in good shape, but a few have torn wings. This pretty little fiery skipper (Hylephila phyleus) is the only one I’ve seen missing an antenna, though. When I first saw it, I thought that one was just lined up behind the other, but when I got a slightly…

[onenicebugperday]

African giant skipper, Pyrrhochalcia iphis, Hesperiidae

Found in Western Africa

Photo 1 by desertnaturalist, 2-3 by rdb123, 4 by emskakoon, 5 by kdbishop69, 6 by muir, and 7 by botalu

[herpsandbirds]

Emerald Aguna (Aguna claxon), family Hesperiidae, Honduras

photograph by Robert Gallardo

[indigrassy]

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