Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Hoary Edge Skipper

Achalarus lyciades

2 Species ID Suggestions

Silver-spotted Skipper
Epargyreus clarus Epargyreus clarus


Sign in to suggest organism ID

7 Comments

GraceWhite
GraceWhite 10 years ago

Thanks for all the comments and ID suggestions!

Caleb Steindel
Caleb Steindel 10 years ago

very well might be right debbie

Debbie Stewart
Debbie Stewart 10 years ago

I have to agree with bayuccas suggestion here (which is still a skipper) if you look at the position of the white on the hind wings! it is much nearer the middle on the silver spotted.

Caleb Steindel
Caleb Steindel 10 years ago

here's my silver spotted skipper, in case you want to compare: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/349...

Caleb Steindel
Caleb Steindel 10 years ago

hmm. it is possible you're right, though bayucca. here's a few sites that may help
http://wisconsinbutterflies.org/butterfl...
and
http://www.butterfliesofmassachusetts.ne...

Caleb Steindel
Caleb Steindel 10 years ago

i actually think this is a skipper, agree with despina...could be wrong, but, i'm fairly sure

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

Hesperiidae, Eudaminae, Achalarus lyciades. Very variable guy, but I only know this one with this frosty parts on the hindwing. The usual spots are a little bit smaler compared with tho ones from the link. Please, verify.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/3997/bgima...

GraceWhite
Spotted by
GraceWhite

North Carolina, USA

Spotted on Jul 28, 2013
Submitted on Aug 4, 2013

Related Spottings

Hoary Edge Hoary Edge Coyote Cloudywing Hoary Edge Skipper

Nearby Spottings

Silver-spotted skipper Green cloverworm moth Eastern tiger swallowtail (female) Eastern tiger swallowtail (female dark morph)
Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team