[TN-Butterflies] Re: ID Help
- From: dnldhlt@xxxxxxx
- To: howellh2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, TN-Butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:49:45 -0400
Harold
Your fourth photo looks like a Silver-spotted Skipper seen from a
confusing angle. The left hindwing is edge-on and therefore not
visible. The light mark you see is on the underside of the left
forewing, and is actually the tan marks that can be seen on the top of
the forewing, but with light shining through them. The specimen is
worn making the marks less brilliantly colored than the usual
red-orange appearance they get when light shines through them. You can
also see the uppermost tan marks on the top of the right forewing
(which has a notch at the apex). Notice that they mirror the same
marks on the left forewing, with the topmost spot narrower than the
next spot below it. The shapes of the spots on the left forewing are
slightly distorted by foreshortening due to the angle of the wing, as
it is pointed somewhat toward the viewer.
I love working puzzles like this, but it shows one of the occasional
pitfalls of photography as an aid to identification, namely,
insufficient data from any single photo. Not a criticism, just a fact
of life. Keep 'em coming. :-)
Don Holt
Johnson City, TN
-----Original Message-----
From: Harold Howell <howellh2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: TN Butterflies <TN-Butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Mon, Sep 14, 2009 9:55 pm
Subject: [TN-Butterflies] ID Help
On Saturday 12 September 2009 I walked a few of the trails in the
Buffalo
Springs Wildlife Management Area off of Owl Hole Gap Road in Grainger
County, TN. I found a good number of butterflies and skippers, some
that I
could identify, some I think I can identify and a few that have me
stumped.
The first three photos I believe show a Wild Indigo Duskywing. These
are
not the greatest photos, but I think you can see all the information.
The fourth photo is like nothing in any of my references. It has a
large
white streak, similar to a Silver-spotted Skipper. The white spot is
not
the same shape as the Silver-Spotted, and the skipper is smaller than a
Silver-spotted. Could this be a Southern Cloudywing with extra large
white
spots? Suggestions will be gratefully received.
The last three shots are of the same skipper. There is very little
information. The closest match I could find is the Clouded Skipper.
Does
anybody have any suggestions?
Thanks for all your help and patients, but if I do not ask questions, I
won't learn anything.
Best regards,
Harold Howell
Grainger County, TN
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