Nothing to see here. Move along…

This post has one, and only one, purpose: to document that Silver-spotted Skippers were here this year. It's a terrible photo with a dying lens, but this species is distinctive enough that the image is sufficient for identification purposes.
» ID’ed at BAMONA as “Epargyreus clarus” or “Silver-spotted Skipper”
» Species pages: [ BAMONA ] [ BugGuide ] [ UK Butterflies ]

Looking back
1 year ago: “Named for the boys…” (8½ weeks)
2 years ago: “A more upscale ancestral home [Filler — Travel day]” (10½ weeks)
3 years ago: “Common Whitetail” (~6 weeks)
4 years ago: “Holdout” (6 days)
5 years ago: “All's well that ends well…!” (~2½ weeks)
6 years ago: “A safe ‘harbor’” (3 weeks)
7 years ago: “Out of the mist [SOOC]” (1 day)
8 years ago: “Sculling at dawn” (1 day)
9 years ago: “The house that built me…” (3 days)

[ IMG_1145TsTsS9x675TsOtm :: 250mm ]

[Jesika]

Is it a rare species in your locality? Dying lens or not, good to another Skipper

[Thom Mitchell]

@jesika2 Not rare here, but the BAMONA and BugGuide web sites exist partly to keep data and document where sightings occur.

[Mags]

Well done with your dying lens!

[Jesika]

@rhoing our Butterfly Conservation Society collects/records moth and butterfly data and each year we have the 3 week Big Butterfly Count where people who might not usually submit add their sightings

[Esther Rosenberg]

beautiful capture.

[GaryW]

Like the plant.