Peck’s 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.

 

Peck’s Skipper (1–1.25″)
Peck’s Skipper
Common: May to M-Jun, Aug Wet Meadows New York Ironweed Rice cutgrass

20Peck's maleHollo5-19-16_6632

May 19, 2016
Hollofield, PVSP
Linda Hunt

Jessup

July 17, 2012
Jessup (Preston Ct)
Jo Solem

20PecksSkipperLongCorner

July 16, 2010
Long Corner (PRSP)
Richard Orr

Font Hill

July 16, 2011
Font Hill Wetland Park
Bonnie Ott

UMDCF

September 24, 2009
Mount Pleasant
Bonnie Ott

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: 5/3/2017 Late: 11/6/2016