Crossline 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.

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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.

 

Crossline Skipper (1.1–1.5″)
Crossline Skipper
Abundant: Jun to L-Jul, Sep Wet meadows, dry hillsides Swamp milkweed Purpletop grass

Crossline Skipper

May 29, 2006
River Hill High School
June Tveekrem

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June 17, 2015
Gateway
Jim Wilkinson

July 30, 2011
Ellicott City
Bonnie Ott

July 30, 2011
Ellicott City
Bonnie Ott

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September 2, 2013
Murray Hill powerline
Linda Hunt

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September 24, 2009
Mount Pleasant
Bonnie Ott

The final image (from a video) comes closest to a Crossline Skipper male, but a small one. It lacks patterning on the underside hindwing, has a thin forewing stigma, and the forewing light coloring is more yellow than deep yellow-orange.

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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: 6/1/2021 Late: 9/19/2015

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