Howard County Bird Club

A Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society

Long-Tailed 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.

 

Long-tailed Skipper (1.75–2.3″)
Long-tailed Skipper		 Rare: Aug-Sep Gardens, open roadsides Variety of flowers Beans, legume vines

Ellicott City
September 5, 2012
Ellicott City
Kathy Litzinger
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September 15, 2012
Clemens Crossing
Linda Hunt
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August 14, 2012
Elkhorn Garden Plots
Annette Allor
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September 1, 2012
Ellicott City
Kathy Litzinger
July 7, 2020 Clarksville Sue Earp
July 7, 2020
Clarksville
Sue Earp
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: 4/12/2015 Late: 10/25/2021