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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) Sep 02, 2007

There are so many varieties that fly by and stop over in my garden. I was lucky to have the camera in hand. Which is this?

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fly_girl The Woodlands, TX(Zone 8b) Sep 03, 2007

Looks like a Skipper but unable to find a match.

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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) Sep 10, 2007

This one? Skipper too?

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melody Benton, KY(Zone 7a) Sep 11, 2007

Yes Dinu..it's also a Skipper...Family Hesperiidae...there's a great many of them and they're sometimes so similar it's hard to i.d. them...I've got a whole folder of unknown Skipper images to work on this winter...

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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) Sep 11, 2007

Mmmm, so many? No wonder. Here is one more with a red eye. Same?

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melody Benton, KY(Zone 7a) Sep 11, 2007

I think so Dinu...I've never seen anything like this one, but it has the basic body and wing shape of a Skipper. See how much thicker, and fuzzy, the Skippers look from other butterflies...they are thicker and look more like a moth.

I'm guessing it's a Skipper too.

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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) Sep 11, 2007

These are not big - I have forgot to tell. About less than 1 and half inches long.

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melody Benton, KY(Zone 7a) Sep 11, 2007

Yes, most Skippers will be in that size range.

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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) Sep 11, 2007

That's good enough info. to be aware of. Thanks so far ... so far..

Dinu

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fly_girl The Woodlands, TX(Zone 8b) Sep 11, 2007

It's true Dinu, nearly 1/3 of all the North American butterflies are Skippers. There's the Spread-wings, Firetips, Skipperlings, Grass, and Giant Skippers, there's a bunch and a daunting task to id them. Melody, you have your work cut out for you!

There is a Giant Redeye Skipper, Gangara thyrsis, in your area, I don't know if that is him, you may look him up. He has red eyes.

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Sep 14, 2007

I saw that kind of dark skipper in my yard for the first time today. They wouldn't slow down enough for me to take an ID pic, though.

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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) Sep 14, 2007

The ones having white spots are frequently seen these days. They too are quite fast to recognize us and fly away.

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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) Oct 13, 2007

Could my second picture be a Chocolate Demon?

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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) Sep 21, 2009

What could be this?

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