Bug FAQTwo-spotted Skipper
Euphyes bimacula · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Hesperiidae
The Two-spotted Skipper has a wingspan of about 25 to 30 mm. Its upper wings are dark brown while the underside is a pale tawny orange. It lives across much of North America, from the western Great Plains to eastern Canada and down the Atlantic coast to the Gulf.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
The butterfly’s upperside is dark brown and the underside is a pale tawny orange.
Source: Wikipedia
Size
Wingspan ranges from 25 to 30 mm.
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What it eats
Caterpillars feed on the sedge Carex trichocarpa.
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Where it comes from
It is native to North America, found from northeast Colorado and western Nebraska eastward to southern Quebec, and south to Georgia and the Gulf Coast.
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Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 29 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Michigan, Illinois, Vermont, Maine, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Colorado.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in Canada; native in United States. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
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Questions people ask
Where is the Two-spotted Skipper found?
It occurs across much of North America, from the western Great Plains to eastern Canada and down the Atlantic coast to the Gulf.
Source: Wikipedia
Same family (Hesperiidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphyes_bimacula
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