#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…

[herpsandbirds]

Small Green Awlet (Burara amara), family Hesperiidae, Viet Nam

Photograph by butter_kim_fly

[onenicebugperday]

Blue policeman, Coeliades chalybe, Hesperiidae (skippers)

Found in Sub-Saharan Africa

Photo 1 by jhskevington, 2-3 by tommy_andriollo, 4 by chengailim, and 5 by ggll

[rainjinxed]

[jenfoundabug]

Arctic skipper (Carterocephalus mandan) Northeastern Pennsylvania, US

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[miyrumiyru]

Fluffy skipper with yellow pollen hat ◕ㅅ◕

Common Straight Swift (Parnara guttata)

[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).

[indigrassy]

The latest fall fashion

[whatnext10]

Colorful Climbing Asters Attract All Types of Little Pollinators

Aster and Skipper Climbing asters (Ampelaster carolinianus) are one of the most common and beautiful fall blooming flowers that grow in our wetlands. As their name implies, they love to climb anything that they get near, so come fall, there are carpets of bright pink flowers covering fences, trees, other shrubs, and even patches of ground if there is nothing to climb. And covering all those…

[herpsandbirds]

Green Awl (Hasora discolora), family Hesperiidae, Arfak Mountian, West Papua, New Guinea

The top wing is green, and the underwings are blue.

photographs by Gan CW

[onenicebugperday]

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

Found from very south Texas through South America

Photographed in Texas by johnrosford

[thesingingbullfrog]

Dun Skipper