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ngam Southeast, MA(Zone 6b) Jul 18, 2009

About an inch long, never seen this one before.

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Jul 19, 2009

This is a skipper (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae), a family sometimes thought to be intermediate between moths and butterflies. It is in the subfamily Hesperiinae, known collectively as grass skippers; see http://tinyurl.com/m8dv78 for an example.

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ngam Southeast, MA(Zone 6b) Jul 19, 2009

Thank-you very much for answering my question, very interesting info.

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