Delaware Skipper
Anatrytone logan (W.H. Edwards, 1863)
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
Identification: Wings are bright yellow-orange. Upperside has black borders and black veins near the margins; forewing has a black bar at the end of the cell. Females have wider borders and darker markings than males. Underside has no markings but may have darker orange veins.
Wing Span: 1 - 1 11/16 inches (2.5 - 4.3 cm).
Life History: Males perch within 1 1/2 feet of the ground in open, grassy areas or along streams to await receptive females. Females deposit eggs singly on host plant leaves. Caterpillars eat leaves and use them to make nests.
Flight: One brood from July-August in the north; two broods from May-September in the south; several broods from February-October in Florida.
Caterpillar Hosts: Various grasses including big bluestem (Andropogon gerardi), switchgrass (Panicum virgatum), and wooly beard grass (Erianthus divaricatus).
Adult Food: Nectar from pink and white flowers including swamp and common milkweeds, shrub houstonia, mountain mint, marsh fleabane, sweet pepperbush, buttonbush, thistles, and pickerelweed.
Habitat: Moist areas including marshes, prairies, fields, roadsides, suburban yards.
Range: Southern Maine west across the Great Lakes states and southern Canada to central Montana; south to Florida, the Gulf states, Texas, northeastern New Mexico, and the Mexican highlands to El Salvador.
Conservation: Not usually required.
NCGR: G5 - Demonstrably secure globally, though it may be quite rare in parts of its range, especially at the periphery.
Management Needs: None reported.
Comments: NULL
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Observation date: Aug 17, 2024
Submitted by: wallap74
Region: St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, United States
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Region: Wright County, Minnesota, United States
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Region: Lauderdale County, Tennessee, United States
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Region: Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States
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Region: Boulder County, Colorado, United States
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Region: Union County, New Mexico, United States
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Observation date: Jul 05, 2023
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Region: Essex County, New York, United States
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Region: Buffalo County, Wisconsin, United States
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Region: Roberts County, South Dakota, United States
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Region: Ontario, Canada
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Region: Ontario, Canada
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Region: Brule County, South Dakota, United States
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Submitted by: Benjamin Miller
Region: Knox County, Ohio, United States
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Region: Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Region: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Submitted by: Benjamin Miller
Region: Knox County, Ohio, United States
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Observation date: Jun 09, 2024
Submitted by: seemayer
Region: Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States
Verified by: James Steen
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Submitted by: Ozark_Bill
Region: Phelps County, Missouri, United States
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Observation date: Apr 05, 2024
Submitted by: Pkleinsasser
Region: Flagler County, Florida, United States
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Observation date: Sep 07, 2023
Submitted by: seemayer
Region: Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States
Verified by: James Steen
Verified date: Apr 02, 2024
Observation date: Oct 10, 2023
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Region: East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States
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Observation date: Sep 13, 2023
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Region: Polk County, Florida, United States
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Observation date: Sep 10, 2023
Submitted by: James Steen
Region: Harper County, Kansas, United States
Verified by: James Steen
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