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Fiery Skipper

Hylephila phyleus

Description:

Orange and black moth on blackberries

Habitat:

Garden

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 9 years ago
Fiery Skipper
Hylephila phyleus Fiery Skipper - Hylephila phyleus - BugGuide.Net


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2 Comments

AlysonGove
AlysonGove 9 years ago

Thank you!

bayucca
bayucca 9 years ago

Hesperiidae, Hesperiinae, Hylephila phyleus.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/217/bgpage...
It is not a moth, but a skipper butterfly. Look at the antennae, they are clubbed and sometimes with a little hook. Moths usually have feather-like or straight/filamentous-like antennae.

AlysonGove
Spotted by
AlysonGove

San Diego, California, USA

Spotted on Jul 27, 2014
Submitted on Jul 27, 2014

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