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Hylephila phyleus
Tan, orange and black butterfly with a few dots on outer wings. Inside is orange with black markings.
Backyard on unknown leaf, Mexican Bush Sage, Creeping Lantana and Sea Lavender flowers. The last three images are of a dying butterfly :(
Spotted on Aug 1, 2011
Submitted on Aug 1, 2011
8 Comments
Yes! Thank you Amber!
I think its a Fiery Skipper
http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/speci...
I updated this spotting. Unfortunately I found the little butterfly dead near the flowers this morning. Its wings were open so I took a photo (first one). Hopefully it will help with the ID.
No worries, I made the same mistake with a skipper - they look very moth-like! :)
You're definitely right Elsa! Thank you. I should have looked at my other spottings first as I have a different skipper already posted :)
It should be easier to ID this now that I know what I'm looking for!
Hi Cindy, beautiful shots - I think it might be a skipper butterfly though, you could have a look here to see if you agree: http://butterfly.ucdavis.edu/butterfly/c...
Thank you Ian. I was lucky this little moth was so patient. It never opened its wins though.
a cool 360 degree view of the moth :D