Howard County Bird Club
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 | |
July 22, 2012
River Road (PVSP)
Annette Allor
September 12, 2010
Hipsley Mill (PRSP)
Scott Berglund
Female
July 3, 2011
Mount Pleasant
Bonnie Ott
Mating
July 17, 2012
Jessup (Preston Ct)
Bob Solem
Caterpillar
September 12, 2011
Mount Pleasant
Bonnie Ott
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