Fiery Skipper Hylephila phyleus Caterpillar host plants: Weedy grasses, such as Crabgrass (Digitaria sp.)
Adult food plants: Wide variety; Asters (Eurybia sp.), Purplehead sneezeweed (Helenium flexuosum), Ironweed (Vernonia sp.), and Thistles (Cirsium sp.) Identification: Small orange skipper with many small dashed dots on underside of hindwings. Abundance: Fairly common; Found in sunny, open areas such as fields, lawns, gardens, levees, roadsides, and second-growth scrub.
Photo credit: David Haskell
Photo credit: Arden Jones
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