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mgarr Hanover Twp., PA(Zone 6a) Sep 17, 2008

I know it is a skiper but which one?

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Sep 17, 2008

There is list here you can look at, I got down to the Woodland Skipper but there's so many!

http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/search?searchbox=skipper

It could be the same as your other one, best to find a match then google to find both top and under wing pics.

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mgarr Hanover Twp., PA(Zone 6a) Sep 17, 2008

Yes! There are many skippers. Each one seems a bit different. I'm guessing that they are all the same in one area. I'll keep checking. Thank you for your help.

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Sep 17, 2008

This could be one of the grass skippers (subfamily Hesperiinae) in the genus Hesperia - see http://butterfly.ucdavis.edu/files/butterfly/img/butterfly/med/m_Hesperia_colorado_harpalus.jpg for an example. There are several species that superficially resemble one another; Perhaps a specialist in this group will see your image and offer a more educated opinion.

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mgarr Hanover Twp., PA(Zone 6a) Sep 18, 2008

Suunto, that looks exactly like the skippers that were flying around. I wish I knew more about them. It seems there are three different ones and each different one seems to stay in a specific area. How did you find that butterfly page?

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Sep 19, 2008

Embarrassingly enough, I do not recall precisely, but I believe that it was one of the pages that came up while I was searching on the genus Hesperia.

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