Nice pictures! Yes, it's a Silver-spotted Skipper. They're my favorite skipper. They seem to be friendlier than other ones. Right now I have some nectaring on my Verbena bonariensis plants and have at least one cat on an Amorpha fruticosa plant. Btw, I just love your zinnias!
Cathy

Thanks! I ended up with tons of zinnias, I threw down a ton of seed, and nothing happened, so I got suckered into buying some marked-down plants...and then the seeds grew :) Which is fine by me, that is all this little guy was interested in! I have seen a couple of these skippers around but never when I had a camera ready so I was super excited when it insisted on visiting all of the plants, gave me time to run inside.

I think I'm becoming obsessed though, as I keep stalking the garden!
-Sandy.