Silver-spotted 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. Click on the Maryland Biodiversity Project links for more information from that source. (While on the Quad Map page, you can click on the County Map page.)

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.

 

Silver-spotted Skipper (1.75–2.7″)
Silver-spotted Skipper
Common: May-Sep Open woods, fields, gardens Variety of flowers Locusts, tick trefoils, wisteria

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July 22, 2012
River Road (PVSP)
Annette Allor

September 12, 2010
 Hipsley Mill (PRSP)
 Scott Berglund

September 12, 2010
Hipsley Mill (PRSP)
Scott Berglund

Female
 July 3, 2011
 Mount Pleasant
 Bonnie Ott

Female
July 3, 2011
Mount Pleasant
Bonnie Ott

July 17, 2012
 Jessup (Preston Ct)
 Jo Solem

Mating
July 17, 2012
Jessup (Preston Ct)
Bob Solem

Caterpillar
 September 12, 2011 Mount Pleasant
 Bonnie Ott

Caterpillar
September 12, 2011
Mount Pleasant
Bonnie Ott

Caterpillar
Mount Pleasant
June 19, 2019
Bonnie Ott 

The color of the forewing yellow-orange band can vary.

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