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<div><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Hi, Janis,</FONT></div>
<div>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--</div>
<div>Best,</div>
<div>Bill Benner</div>
<div>Whately, Franklin Co., MA</div>
<div><A href="mailto:billb55@aol.com">billb55@aol.com</A><br>
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From: Janis LaPointe <sunbirdjan@cox.net><br>
To: CTLEPS-L <CTLEPS-L@mailman.yale.edu>; MassLep <MassLep@googlegroups.com><br>
Sent: Wed, Aug 8, 2012 8:45 am<br>
Subject: [MassLep] Mystery butterfly, Possible: Swarthy Skipper, Enfield, CT<br>
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Having researched my mystery skipper from yesterday, this is my conclusion:
Swarthy Skipper. Glassberg says rare in CT. Occurs in Eastern RI. I
may have seen this skipper in the same area last year, and let it go as a
possible little brown moth. Never got a good photo, but it did look like
it had antannae knobs, not brushes. These photos are definitive regarding
the antannae. Tiny, tiny size, stays close to ground, doesn't fly far.
Brown butterfly, yellow veins. Barred antannae. Bars on top of head.
Brown head looks speckled from the side view. One expert comment (from
Lenny Brown) is that it is too yellow for a Swarthy. But to the eye it
appeaed only dull bown, all the yellow tinge appeared only in the photos.
The garden area it was found in is in the middle of a big field. And it's a
very diverse, unkept garden with wild areas. What do you think?
Opinions appreciated.
Janis LaPointe
Enfield, CT
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