Hi Rikki, I believe the photo you attached is of a Northern Broken-Dash. Congrats! that would be a new one for BAMONA. Bart Jones Memphis, Shelby County From: sourpersimmon@xxxxxxxxx To: tn-butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [TN-Butterflies] skipper ID help Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 14:55:27 -0400 I've posted a few skipper photos at BugGuide, but have not gotten any replies yet. I'm new at trying to name skippers anything other than "skipper," so all my IDs are tentative. This <a href=http://bugguide.net/node/view/400021>first one</a> is the one I'm most confident about. It's a male zabulon. <a href=http://bugguide.net/node/view/400023>Next</a> looks to be a little glassywing, very similar to the photo posted by Allan Trently recently, but it also looks a lot like one Julius Basham said was a female zabulon with black tufts on the "shoulders." Note also the adorable pygmy grasshopper nymph on the left. Most puzzling to me is <a href=http://bugguide.net/node/view/400024>this one</a>, which seems closest to clouded skipper, but not a great match. Maybe a drab female? Finally there is the one attached below, which seems to be a broken-dash, Wallengrenia sp, but looks more like northern than southern. Southern is listed in BAMONA for Blount Co, but northern is not. It's also not a bad match for Duke's skipper. Rikki Hall Rockford, Blount Co IMG_1740.JPG skipper broken-dash Wallengrenia sp grass skipper Euphyes dukesi? _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail is redefining busy with tools for the New Busy. Get more from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_2
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