CLOSED: Hylephila phyleus?

Kell San Leandro, CA(Zone 9b) Oct 15, 2017

Is this a Hylephila phyleus? Thanks

Kell San Leandro, CA(Zone 9b) Oct 15, 2017

Another shot maybe. LOL Could be a different one.

This one is different! A Vanessa cardui.

This message was edited Oct 15, 2017 8:23 PM

Flapdoodle Minot, ND Oct 16, 2017

It looks more like something in the genus Poanes to me - see https://farm6.static.flickr.com/5533/9082154246_9b8c9181f1_b.jpg for an example.
I have found specific i.d.s of little skippers such as this one to be somewhat problematic at times...

Kell San Leandro, CA(Zone 9b) Oct 16, 2017

Thanks, The spots sure line up as does the bluish back so it does look like a Poanes melane.

http://www.parfaitimage.com/Rhopalocera/poanes_m_melane.html

This message was edited Oct 16, 2017 8:54 AM

C_A_Ivy Barling, AR(Zone 7b) Oct 20, 2017

Nice image of female Umber Skipper - Poanes melane.

Kell San Leandro, CA(Zone 9b) Oct 20, 2017

Thanks C_A_Ivy. A friend of mine takes the best pictures, Ferd Bergholz.

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