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Arctic Skipper

Carterocephalus palaemon

Description:

Dark brown with rectangular orange spots. On the forewing underside, this pattern is reversed, with dark brown spots on an orange background, and the hindwing underside has a beige ground colour with oval brown-rimmed white spots.

Habitat:

Grassy area next to a large marsh and bog.

Notes:

Mer Bleue Conservation Area, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Ramsar site no. 755.

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Greg Shchepanek
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Greg Shchepanek

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Spotted on Jun 9, 2018
Submitted on Jun 10, 2018

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