Howard County Bird Club

A Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society

Little Glassywing

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.

 

Little Glassywing (1.1–1.5″)
Little Glassywing		 Common: M-Jun to Aug Wet meadows & woods edges New York Ironweed Purpletop grass

June 14, 2023 Lake Kittamaqundi Clayton Koonce

Male
June 14, 2023
Lake Kittamaqundi
Clayton Koonce

Ellicott City

Male
August 6, 2010
Ellicott City
Bonnie Ott

Robinson Nature Center

Male
August 19, 2016
Robinson Nature Center
Kurt Schwarz

Elkhorn Garden Plots

Female
August 31, 2013
Elkhorn Garden Plots
Kevin Heffernan

Murray Hill

Female (ovipositing)
June 4, 2017
Murray Hill
Linda Hunt

Rockburn Branch Park

Male & Female
June 21, 2014
Rockburn Branch Park
Kathy Litzinger

Poplar Springs Park

Male
June 21, 2016
Poplar Springs Park
Sue Muller

The combination of the rectangular forewing white spots, one long and one short, implies that this is a male.  The large spot on the female’s forewing is square.Note also the white below the antennal knobs, as Glassberg says for Little Glassywing.BUT white hyaline spots on FW is NOT a feature that distinguishes Little Glassywing from ALL other skippers
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: 5/21/2019 Late: 10/10/2018