Size:
Wingspan is 1 1/2 - 2 1/8 inches.

Similar Species:
Delaware Skipper
Byssus Skipper

Habitat:
Brackish rivers, tidal marshes along the coast and abandoned rice paddies. Prefers long grasses, morning glories and Pickerelweed.

Range/Abundance:
Very rare along the Atlantic coast as habitat is declining.

Flight Period:
Adults fly from early June until early September in two broods with a gap between. More data is needed.

Larval Host Plants:
Inter tidal Cordgrass, Spartina cynosuroides, wild rice, Zizania aquatica and Zizaniopsis miliacea

Comments:
The skipper species is nearly gone from the region. Probably the best way to find this wetland species would be from a canoe.

A few years back, it could be found at Eagle Island near Wilmington, NC, but development at the site has wasted away the habitat there entirely.

These photos were taken by Bob Barber in Cumberland Co., NJ on July 06, 2001.


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