Least 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 pageand the following common name for additional information from USGS web page. BugGuide is another web resource.

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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.

 

Least Skipper (0.8–1.2″)
Least Skipper		 Common: L-May to E-Oct Grassy stream edges Broad grass blades Bluegrass, rice cutgrass

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September 15, 2009
UMDCF
Bonnie Ott

Savage, MD

April 23, 2011
Patuxent Branch Trail
Wesley Earp

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Male
July 3, 2011
West Friendship Park
Bonnie Ott

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Female
July 8, 2012
Ellicott City
Kathy Litzinger

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May 20, 2012
Font Hill 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: 5/4/2014 Late: 10/29/2016