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Ochlodes sylvanoides
The length of the wing is about an 2cm.
Urban flower pots.
Given how fuzzy haired the body of this butterfly was and the deeper orange-brown color, I started wondering it it may be a moth. So I did some research on the difference between the two. This are two sites with the easiest to understand descriptions and facts: http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/... http://insects.about.com/od/learningabou... The bottom line, this is a butterfly because of the antennas with knobs at the ends and the posture.
Spotted on Jul 24, 2014
Submitted on Jul 26, 2014
5 Comments
maybe the Woodland Skipper (Ochlodes sylvanoides)
Thanks for the family name of the butterfly. I was able to narrow it down to Grass Skipper, but not to a specific species.
Beautiful
This is a skipper (Hesperiidae)
Lovely!