Howard County Bird Club
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.
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. |
| Crossline Skipper (1.1–1.5″) Crossline Skipper |
Abundant: Jun to L-Jul, Sep | Wet meadows, dry hillsides | Swamp milkweed | Purpletop grass | |
May 29, 2006
River Hill High School
June Tveekrem
June 17, 2015
Gateway
Jim Wilkinson
July 30, 2011
Ellicott City
Bonnie Ott
September 2, 2013
Murray Hill powerline
Linda Hunt
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.
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