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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Region: Albany County, New York, United States
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Region: Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, United States
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Region: Putnam County, Florida, United States
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Region: Putnam County, Florida, United States
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Observation date: Jul 29, 2017
Submitted by: Robert Nelson
Region: Marion County, Arkansas, United States
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Observation date: Aug 31, 2017
Submitted by: yardbird
Region: Salem County, New Jersey, United States
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Observation date: Aug 15, 2013
Submitted by: Tommie Rogers
Region: Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States
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Verified date: Sep 01, 2017
Observation date: Jul 28, 2015
Submitted by: Kathy Brown
Region: Hancock County, Maine, United States
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Region: Douglas County, Nebraska, United States
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Region: Van Buren County, Arkansas, United States
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Observation date: Jun 24, 2017
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Region: Douglas County, Colorado, United States
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Region: Iosco County, Michigan, United States
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Region: Macomb County, Michigan, United States
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Region: Macomb County, Michigan, United States
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Verified date: Jul 08, 2017
Observation date: Jul 03, 2017
Submitted by: davidboon
Region: Macomb County, Michigan, United States
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Verified date: Jul 06, 2017
Observation date: Aug 24, 2015
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Region: Douglas County, Kansas, United States
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Verified date: Jul 02, 2017
Observation date: Jun 06, 2017
Submitted by: billd
Region: Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States
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Verified date: Jun 12, 2017
Observation date: May 06, 2017
Submitted by: Laurie Sheppard
Region: Grayson County, Texas, United States
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Verified date: May 25, 2017
Observation date: Jul 16, 2016
Submitted by: Christine Stanke
Region: Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, United States
Verified by: Tom Middagh
Verified date: Apr 10, 2017
Observation date: Jul 07, 2016
Submitted by: Christine Stanke
Region: Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, United States
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Verified date: Apr 10, 2017
Observation date: Jul 17, 2016
Submitted by: Christine Stanke
Region: Washington County, Wisconsin, United States
Verified by: Tom Middagh
Verified date: Apr 10, 2017
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