[Ctleps-l] [MassLep] Mystery butterfly, Possible: Swarthy Skipper, Enfield, CT

[billb55 at aol.com]

Hi, Janis,
It's a Least, in my opinion.  Sorry I can't post a detailed message at the moment, but the delicate shape and rounded wingtips all look perfectly normal for Least, to me.  Swarthy has a blockier, more triangular look, and a peculiar olive-brown ground color.  Thanks for posting such nice photos--
Best,
Bill Benner
Whately, Franklin Co., MA
billb55 at aol.com



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From: Janis LaPointe <sunbirdjan at cox.net>
To: CTLEPS-L <CTLEPS-L at mailman.yale.edu>; MassLep <MassLep at googlegroups.com>
Sent: Wed, Aug 8, 2012 8:45 am
Subject: [MassLep] Mystery butterfly, Possible: Swarthy Skipper, Enfield, CT


I am postin this set of photos to CTlep and Masslep looking for imput. 
aving researched my mystery skipper from yesterday, this is my conclusion: 
warthy Skipper.    Glassberg says rare in CT.  Occurs in Eastern RI.    I 
ay have seen this skipper in the same area last year, and let it go as a 
ossible little brown moth.   Never got a good photo, but it did look like 
t had  antannae knobs, not brushes.   These photos are definitive regarding 
he  antannae.   Tiny, tiny size, stays close to ground, doesn't fly  far. 
rown butterfly, yellow veins.    Barred antannae.     Bars on top of  head. 
rown head looks speckled from the side view.   One expert comment (from 
enny Brown) is that it is too yellow for a Swarthy.  But to the eye it 
ppeaed only dull bown, all the yellow tinge appeared only in the photos. 
he garden area it was found in is in the middle of a big field.  And it's a 
ery diverse, unkept garden with wild  areas.    What do you think? 
pinions appreciated.
anis LaPointe
nfield, CT
http://www.flickr.com/photos/38030324@N05/sets/72157630958528940

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