Those taken in the British Isles in process of being added. Larval Food Plants: Tall Cordgrass ( Spartina cynosuroides).īest Locations: Dennis Creek WMA, Heislerville WMA, Tuckahoe WMA, Millville WMA, Peaslee WMA, Belleplain SF, Eldora Nature Preserve, Cape May Bird Observatory CRE gardens. Small Skipper ( Thymelicus sylvestris) Essex Skipper ( Thymelicus lineola) The image featured of an Essex Skipper was photographed by Paul Browning in Spain. Will stray from its marsh habitat to visit nearby gardens.įlight Period: Late June-early August, with one brood peaking in July. They remain solitary or form small groups of 2 to 3 individuals. The orange head has two black horns, while there is also a yellow anal plate. Habitat: Restricted to fresh/brackish tidal marshes with food plant. The mature larva is about 0.5 inches in size, with a white body marked with black spots and long spines. Locally common from Burlington County south. European is much duller orange overall, with very narrow dark borders on upper wings. (Arogos Skippers seldom bask, however, so upperside is usually hard to see.) In NJ, ranges of Rare and Arogos skippers do not overlap. The Skipper butterflies also have stockier bodies than those in the families Papilionoidea and Hedyloidea, with stronger wing muscles. Arogos is duller orange below with pale veins, has pale fringes, and above lacks dark veining and female's large dark FW mark. Skipper butterflies have the antennae clubs hooked backward like a crochet needle, whilst other butterflies have club-like tips to their antennae. Male's cell-end bar usually not visible below. Similar skippers: Delaware is noticeably smaller, is brighter orange below, and has conspicuous black veining above.
#SKIPPER BUTTERFLY IDENTIFICATION PATCH#
Male's FW cell-end bar sometimes visible when wings are folded. Identification: Upper side of forewing is dark on the basal half and lighter on the outer half, with a distinct orange-brown patch at the end of the cell. Below: Both wings are bright, unmarked orange and have grayish fringes.
Both sexes may show narrow pale rings on abdomen. Female FW has much less orange than male's, with two dark, oval patches separated by a narrow orange patch the outermost dark patch barely touches the trailing border. Skipper butterfly identification is a challenge. HW has central orange patch with surrounding dark borders, narrower than those on FW. Above: Male FW bright orange with very broad, blackish-brown trailing border, and an inconspicuous, angled, dark cell-end bar.
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