[TN-Butterflies] Re: which duskywing?
- From: kjchilds <kjchilds@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: TN Butterflies <TN-Butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 08:03:49 -0700 (PDT)
I've seen several species of grass skippers in this posture but never noticed
them backing up or sticking their proboscis under their bodies, possibly
because
I didn't observe them long enough or more likely because I got too close and
scared them off. If I see it again, I watch more closely. Due to the severe
drought conditions we're having right now, that will probably be next year.
Ken Childs
Henderson, TN
Chester County
http://www.finishflagfarms.com
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From: Doug Bruce <s137@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: TN Butterflies <TN-Butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sat, October 9, 2010 6:46:28 AM
Subject: [TN-Butterflies] Re: which duskywing?
I agree with Ken. I tried editing the brightness and contrast, and it does
look like a Clouded Skipper.
There is an interesting behavioral similarity between Larry's skipper and this
Clouded Skipper that I shot in Hancock County last weekend:
http://i972.photobucket.com/albums/ae204/DougLepidoptera/Hancock_Co/BFLYAGRcloudedskipperSneedvilleBoatRampHancockCoTN02Oct10DBruce.jpg
Initially my Clouded Skipper appeared to be taking minerals in a damp puddle
spot, but I noticed that its abdomen was curled downward, as if ovipositing
(even more curled than shown in my picture). I didn't see any eggs. Larry's
skipper is in this same posture.
As it puddled, my skipper kept moving the tip of its proboscis back under its
own body, and it was intermittently walking backwards. It gave me the
impression that it was excreting something from its abdomen, and re-ingesting
it. Is this behavior something that others have noticed? Larry, was your
skipper doing this?
Doug Bruce
Oak Ridge, TN
----- Original Message -----
>From: kjchilds
>To: TN Butterflies
>Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 3:06 PM
>Subject: [TN-Butterflies] Re: which duskywing?
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>It's hard to be sure because it's so dark but it looks like a Clouded
>Skipper
>to me.
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> Ken Childs
>Henderson, TN
>Chester County
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>http://www.finishflagfarms.com
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From: Larry McDaniel <larrycmcd@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: TN-Butterflies <tn-butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; BUTTERFLY NET
><mebc-butterfly@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Fri, October 8, 2010 12:51:18 PM
>Subject: [TN-Butterflies] which duskywing?
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> This duskywing was on the beach at Steele Creek Park in Bristol, TN (Sullivan
>
>County) on 10-8-10. We have park records for for Horace's but not Wild
>Indigo. I'm not sure which one this is.
>
>Larry McDaniel
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