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Fiery
Skipper Butterfly - Hylephila phyleus Superfamily: Hesperioidea / Family: Hesperiidae - Skippers / Subfamily: Hesperiinae - Grass skippers Live adult skipper butterflies photgraphed at Alpharetta GA, and Winfield IL USA. |
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 Fiery Skipper male and female |
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 Fiery skipper shows hooked antennae typical of skipper butterflies. |
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| Grass skippers (subfamily Hesperiinae) are usually small orange and brown butterflies. Adults rest with wings closed or bask with hindwings open flat and forewings at an angle (the "jet plane" position), a posture unique to grass skippers. They are fast, agile, erratic fliers. Larvae feed on grasses. | |||
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