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Another Butterfly needing a name...

21 years ago

Ok...I know I have seen this one before, but for the life of me, can't find an ID.

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Day_By_Day
21 years ago
Hm, kinda like the Common Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus communis)?
larry_gene
21 years ago
Very likely. Much less likely: P. albescens, "white checkered skipper".
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webkat5
Original Author
21 years ago
You know, this one never closed it's wings for me....that is the sure fire way I can tell Skippers from the others... He/She was a little sluggish...guess it was pretty tuckered out.

Common Checkered it is!

Thanks!!!
larry_gene
21 years ago
Hence the name "Spread wing skippers".
webkat5
Original Author
21 years ago
Ok, Mr. Smartypants! LOL!
My brain has totally 'checked out' on many subjects since I have been going back to school. Can't count change, can't spell (thank goodness for spell check!), can't remember the most simple things. Surely I can be forgiven for this simple "brain fart". Huh?? Give a girl a break??
larry_gene
21 years ago
We're even, at least until you post your next picture!

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