KAREN'S GALLERY (est. 2005)

Peck's Skipper - Hodges#4036 (Polites peckius) 2016-7-21 Newark, DE

A dew covered Peck's. I think they prefer to perch vertically, as was this one, but I turned the picture.

from species fact sheet at:
http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/sfpnw/issssp/documents/planning-docs/sfs-iile-polites-peckius-2011-03.docx
"The dorsal wing surface is dark brown with yellow apical spots in both sexes. Males have distinct dorsal tawny coloration on the leading edge of the forewing beyond the stigma, while the tawny coloration in females is restricted to discrete patches (Pyle 2002a)."
example male dorsal:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/1095985/bgimage
example female dorsal:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/1119715/bgimage
http://bugguide.net/node/view/1078967/bgimage

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