ID help on a skipper USA

[Jim Mason]

Tom, that looks very much like the male Cobweb Skipper illustrated on page
47 of the Heitzman's book.  Was it captured late spring-early summer?  That
would be the only time you could expect to find one.

Jim Mason, Naturalist
Jim at gpnc.org
Great Plains Nature Center
6232 E. 29th Street North
Wichita, KS 67220-2200
316-683-5499 x103 - voice
316-688-9555 - fax
www.gpnc.org


-----Original Message-----
From: frontier News account [mailto:trgarden at frontiernet.net] 
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 10:03 PM
To: leps-l at lists.yale.edu
Subject: ID help on a skipper USA

Hi

Anyone got an idea what is the ID on this skipper?  I am thinking Hesperia 
metea but maybe too orange?

Field data:
Pomme de Terre
Missouri
USA

Thanks
Tom Middagh


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