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Moth

Description:

The size of a quarter, orange and yellow and black

Habitat:

Flowers, green plant

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago
Fiery Skipper
Hylephila phyleus Fiery skipper


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2 Comments

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

Yes, it is a Skipper butterfly. From the bright and long distance shot I think it might be the Fiery Skipper. But I am not 100% sure.

KristalWatrous
KristalWatrous 12 years ago

This is a skipper butterfly, family Hesperiidae.

Orange, California, USA

Spotted on Sep 19, 2010
Submitted on Sep 19, 2010

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