Silver-spotted Skipper

This is the most common butterfly I’ve seen this summer. Not terribly eye-catching, but one of my purposes with 365 and photography is to document what visits this region from season-to-season. So here’s one of the many residents-or-visitors to southern Illinois this year: the Silver-spotted skipper (“Epargyreus clarus”).

Confirmed at BAMONA as “Epargyreus clarus” or “Silver-spotted skipper”; http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/sighting_details/1003588

1 year ago (“Another August abstract”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-08-07
2 years ago (“I’m gorgeous!”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-08-07
3 years ago (“Anyone remember ‘Commander Keen’?”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-08-07

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[Rick Schies]

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