Common Checkered-Skipper

Place name abbreviations: MPEA – Middle Patuxent Environment Area; PRSP – Patuxent River State Park; PVSP – Patapsco River Valley State Park.

Click on the common name to obtain additional information from the Butterflies and Moths of North America web page and the following common name for additional information from USGS web page. BugGuide is another web resource.

Legend:

Common name [Link is to BAMONA] (wingspan range in inches)
Common name [link is to USGS]
Occurrence level & flight period.
Habitat. Typically visits (for nectaring). Larval host plants.

 

Common Checkered-Skipper (1–1.5″)
Common Checkered-Skipper
Uncommon: L-Aug to E-Oct Open, weedy areas White clover Mallows, hollyhocks

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Really early!
May 13, 2013
Gorman Natural Resource Area
Linda Hunt

Sykesville

August 12, 2012
Sykesville
Nancy Magnusson

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August 18, 2016
Jennings Chapel Road
Linda Hunt

West Friendship

October 2, 2010
West Friendship Park
Bonnie Ott

Centennial Park

October 15, 2011
Centennial Park
Annette Allor

Individuals seen in each 10-day period to date during the butterfly survey

The phenograms show the maximum number of individual butterflies of this species seen in the first eight years of the Howard County Butterfly Survey. From these graphs, one can see the number of broods of each species, when they are active, and the relative abundance of the species in each brood. The observed early and late dates are shown below The graphs can be used to anticipate the first sighting of a given species in the year and can help with identification.

Early: 5/9/2017 Late: 11/21/2016