[Leps-l] Hesperiinae: video of unknown structure / behavior

Charles Covell covell at louisville.edu
Thu May 28 20:43:13 EDT 2020


Never too late to discover something anew.  Best wishes to y'all and stay
safe.

Cheers, Charlie

On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 4:36 PM <jeff at mineralmovies.com> wrote:

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> I was filming a Peck’s skipper the other day, (Polites peckius) and saw
> something that I had never seen before: some large black bristles jumped
> into place when the (male) butterfly opened its wings.  You can see the
> video here:
>
> https://vimeo.com/423768722
>
> The butterfly was perching for quite a long time before this.  I did not
> seen any female nearby.
>
> I’m assuming this is some sort of hair-pencil, or male scent scales.
> Does anyone know anything about these in Hesperiinae?  Can you point me
> to any references as to their function?  Does anyone know if some or all
> of the Hesperiinae have these structures?  I have seen something about
> hair-pencils on the tibia of some male skippers, but these scales seem to
> be from between the fore and hind wings.
>
> Would love to learn more!
>
> Jeff Fast
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