Two-spotted Skipper
Euphyes bimacula (Grote & Robinson, 1867)
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
Identification: Forewings are pointed, fringe is white. Underside of head and body are white. Upperside is dark brown; male forewing with reddish orange patch, female forewing with 2 pale spots. Underside of hindwing is orange-brown with pale veins and a white anal fold.
Wing Span: 1 1/4 - 1 5/8 inches (3.2 - 4.2 cm).
Life History: Males perch within 3 feet of the ground in sedge marshes to watch for females. Caterpillars eat leaves and live in nests of rolled or tied leaves. Half-grown caterpillars hibernate.
Flight: One brood in the north from June-July; two broods in the south from May-August.
Caterpillar Hosts: Hairyfruit sedge (Carex trichocarpa).
Adult Food: Nectar from flowers including pickerelweed, sweet pepperbush, blue flag, common milkweed, and spiraea.
Habitat: Marshes, bogs, wet streamsides, and wet sedge meadows.
Range: Northeast Colorado and western Nebraska; eastern Nebraska east to southern Quebec; southern Maine south to central Virginia; coastal plain south to Georgia; the Gulf Coast.
Conservation: Not usually required.
NCGR: G4 - Apparently secure globally, though it might be quite rare in parts of its range, especially at the periphery.
Management Needs: None reported.
Comments: NULL
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Observation date: Jun 27, 2024
Submitted by: naj.pilla
Region: Cherry County, Nebraska, United States
Verified by: Emily Geest
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Observation date: Jul 01, 2024
Submitted by: jmgesell
Region: Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Observation date: Jun 20, 2024
Submitted by: jmgesell
Region: Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Observation date: Jun 16, 2024
Submitted by: terrymortier
Region: Burnett County, Wisconsin, United States
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Verified date: Jun 20, 2024
Observation date: Jun 15, 2024
Submitted by: tjunderwood
Region: Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: davidwright
Verified date: Jun 19, 2024
Observation date: Jun 30, 2023
Submitted by: terrymortier
Region: Burnett County, Wisconsin, United States
Verified by: jmgesell
Verified date: Mar 06, 2024
Observation date: Jun 29, 2023
Submitted by: Ed Rothwell
Region: Chippewa County, Michigan, United States
Verified by: elsner
Verified date: Jul 16, 2023
Observation date: Jul 13, 2023
Submitted by: jmgesell
Region: Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: davidwright
Verified date: Jul 14, 2023
Observation date: Jul 12, 2023
Submitted by: dlister
Region: Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: jwileyrains
Verified date: Jul 13, 2023
Observation date: Jul 11, 2023
Submitted by: hockeybruce7
Region: Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: davidwright
Verified date: Jul 12, 2023
Observation date: Jul 15, 2022
Submitted by: Christian.Nunes
Region: Boulder County, Colorado, United States
Verified by: mikefisher
Verified date: Feb 25, 2023
Observation date: Jun 06, 2020
Submitted by: Shirley Devan
Region: James City County, Virginia, United States
Verified by: drerbium
Verified date: Aug 06, 2022
Observation date: Jun 23, 2022
Submitted by: Eric Hartshaw
Region: Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: davidwright
Verified date: Jun 28, 2022
Observation date: Jul 03, 2021
Submitted by: Nick K
Region: Newton County, Indiana, United States
Verified by: jmgesell
Verified date: Jun 25, 2022
Observation date: Jun 19, 2022
Submitted by: cblazo
Region: McKean County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: davidwright
Verified date: Jun 22, 2022
Observation date: Apr 29, 2022
Submitted by: ncrosbyrd
Region: McIntosh County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: May 07, 2022
Observation date: Jul 01, 2021
Submitted by: Ed Rothwell
Region: Schoolcraft County, Michigan, United States
Verified by: rosslayberry
Verified date: Jul 02, 2021
Observation date: Jun 14, 2021
Submitted by: cblazo
Region: Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: davidwright
Verified date: Jun 20, 2021
Observation date: Jun 16, 2021
Submitted by: cblazo
Region: Clarion County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: davidwright
Verified date: Jun 20, 2021
Observation date: Jul 10, 2020
Submitted by: Christian.Nunes
Region: Boulder County, Colorado, United States
Verified by: mikefisher
Verified date: Nov 18, 2020
Observation date: Jun 26, 2011
Submitted by: cjbruchman
Region: Cook County, Illinois, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Sep 27, 2020
Observation date: Jun 26, 2020
Submitted by: kathybrown
Region: Hancock County, Maine, United States
Verified by: John Calhoun
Verified date: Sep 02, 2020
Observation date: Jul 05, 2020
Submitted by: Julius
Region: Newton County, Indiana, United States
Verified by: Howell_Curtis
Verified date: Jul 13, 2020
Observation date: Jul 10, 2020
Submitted by: ncrosbyrd
Region: McIntosh County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Jul 11, 2020
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