Post #666!
Not sure what kind of skipper this is, but the best match in BAMONA’s Hesperiidae gallery is so far out-of-range that I will probably embarrass myself beyond belief with the regional coordinator who has been ID’ing my butterflies this year. This just had to be my post for today because of the side view of its dark proboscis against the white petals of this chrysanthemum. (Yes, I know it looks like a daisy, but it’s a mum!)
Stray or Resident?
This was ID'ed as a "resident" skipper.
But another post — https://365project.org/rhoing/365/2014-09-05 — was ID'ed as a "stray." Clearly, Carbondale is on fringe or just outside the accepted range for this species, or the range grew a little since this post.
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