Orange leading edge of A Guide to some Columbia forewing Broken string of County Skippers. KYPP. 2009 orange dots with middle dots shifted aft. Three parallel orange elongate Peck’s dots nearest leading edge. Very common skipper of our fields, flies Hindwing with most of the summer. Most easily confused orange center with the Hobomok Skipper. composed of jagged collection of individual orange rectangles. Female, dorsal Male, dorsal Pair of dark Trio of elongate Trio of elongate patches surround light dots near light dots near orange of leading leading edge echo leading edge. edge. dorsal pattern.

Hindwing Light cream patch somewhat similar to that is almost female; trailing bisected by dark edge of orange is Ventral, both sexes similar. brown is distinctive. jagged. Forewing largely orange, aside from dark trailing edge, there is small ‘blotch & dribble’. Some females blackish, some orangish, but split string of light dots, center portion having dots more fore and more aft is typical.

Hindwing with broad orange center. Male, dorsal Female, dorsal, dark form. Hindwing largely cream colored; single, aft positioned light patch; small leading dot. Hobomok Skipper Poanes hobomok

Fairly common skipper of our fields, flies mostly in July. Most easily confused ventrally with the Peck’s Skipper.

Ventral, both sexes similar. Leading edge of forewing is orange, distinct trio of orange Forewing leading edge strongly orange; forked dots near or nearly forked aft. leading edge and aft from orange edge.

Hindwing dark, or with only slight orange tinge. Dorsal, female.

Hindwing with only tinge of orange. Dorsal, male

Tawny-edged Skipper Ventrally, wing quite plain; orange of Common June – August in our fields. forewing leading edge can still be visible.

Ventral, male & female Perhaps the most distinctive characteristic, Dorsal, male both above and below, is the light “comet” on the Dorsally, both male and female have a hind wing. Ventral, both sexes similar; this photo from long, connected black dash that cuts Mass. Atlas. across forewing; forewing leading edge is orange; more so in male.

Long Dash Skipper

Flies mainly during June; often, although not always, in wetter fields.

Dorsal, female