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: Jun 10, 2018
Submitted by: Dennis Forsythe
Region: Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States
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Region: Saline County, Kansas, United States
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Region: Saline County, Kansas, United States
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Region: Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States
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Observation date: Aug 25, 2018
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Region: Collier County, Florida, United States
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Verified date: Sep 03, 2018
Observation date: Aug 23, 2017
Submitted by: Kevin Groeneweg
Region: Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States
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Observation date: Jul 03, 2018
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Region: Boulder County, Colorado, United States
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Verified date: Aug 10, 2018
Observation date: Jul 03, 2018
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Region: Boulder County, Colorado, United States
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Region: East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States
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Observation date: Jul 26, 2014
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Region: Ontario, Canada
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Observation date: Jul 30, 2018
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Region: Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Verified date: Jul 31, 2018
Observation date: Jul 29, 2018
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Region: Ontario, Canada
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Observation date: Jun 30, 2018
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Region: Kings County, New York, United States
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Observation date: Jul 07, 2018
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Region: Venango County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Verified date: Jul 10, 2018
Observation date: Jul 06, 2018
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Region: Juniata County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Verified date: Jul 08, 2018
Observation date: Jul 06, 2018
Submitted by: Jim Lowe
Region: Tompkins County, New York, United States
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Observation date: Jun 14, 2018
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Region: Will County, Illinois, United States
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Verified date: Jun 21, 2018
Observation date: Jun 03, 2018
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Region: Douglas County, Kansas, United States
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Verified date: Jun 07, 2018
Observation date: May 31, 2018
Submitted by: Kimberly Mrozinski
Region: Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States
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Verified date: Jun 05, 2018
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