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Ochlodes silvanoides
small orange and brown butterfly, pollinating asters
coastal temperate rain forest, about 500'
Spotted on Aug 28, 2011
Submitted on Sep 4, 2011
2 Comments
I definitely see the resemblance. Quite probably fiery skipper. There appears to be a major difference, though: this was feeding on flowers of broad-leaved plants (aster) rather than grass.
Fiery skipper..?