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: Apr 16, 2011
Submitted by: Laurie Sheppard
Region: Grayson County, Texas, United States
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Observation date: Aug 17, 2015
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Region: Jefferson County, Kansas, United States
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Region: Portage County, Ohio, United States
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Observation date: Jul 17, 2013
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Region: Delaware County, Indiana, United States
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Observation date: Aug 02, 2015
Submitted by: K. S. Veitch
Region: Laurel County, Kentucky, United States
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Observation date: Oct 06, 2015
Submitted by: JeanEvoy
Region: Hardee County, Florida, United States
Verified by: John Calhoun
Verified date: Dec 03, 2015
Observation date: Jul 12, 2015
Submitted by: curtis.lehman
Region: Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Verified date: Nov 11, 2015
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Region: Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States
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Observation date: Jul 24, 2015
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Region: Oswego County, New York, United States
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Verified date: Sep 25, 2015
Observation date: Aug 08, 2015
Submitted by: Ron Smith
Region: Pinellas County, Florida, United States
Verified by: John Calhoun
Verified date: Aug 17, 2015
Observation date: Mar 15, 2015
Submitted by: Ron Smith
Region: Collier County, Florida, United States
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Observation date: Mar 31, 2015
Submitted by: Ron Smith
Region: Levy County, Florida, United States
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Verified date: Aug 17, 2015
Observation date: Aug 03, 2015
Submitted by: HHowell
Region: Grainger County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: dbruce
Verified date: Aug 14, 2015
Observation date: Aug 12, 2015
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Region: Suffolk County, New York, United States
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Observation date: Aug 07, 2015
Submitted by: CA Ivy
Region: Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States
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Observation date: Aug 02, 2015
Submitted by: S. J. Stedman
Region: Trousdale County, Tennessee, United States
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Verified date: Aug 02, 2015
Observation date: Jul 28, 2015
Submitted by: CA Ivy
Region: Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States
Verified by: CA Ivy
Verified date: Jul 28, 2015
Observation date: Jul 25, 2015
Submitted by: Doug Bruce
Region: Marshall County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: S. J. Stedman
Verified date: Jul 27, 2015
Observation date: Jul 26, 2015
Submitted by: Doug Bruce
Region: Maury County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: S. J. Stedman
Verified date: Jul 27, 2015
Observation date: Jul 11, 2015
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Ontario, Canada
Verified by: rosslayberry
Verified date: Jul 20, 2015
Observation date: Jul 11, 2015
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Ontario, Canada
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Verified date: Jul 20, 2015
Observation date: Jul 11, 2015
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Ontario, Canada
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Verified date: Jul 19, 2015
Observation date: Jul 09, 2015
Submitted by: Cherylee Black
Region: Ontario, Canada
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Verified date: Jul 19, 2015
Observation date: Jul 09, 2015
Submitted by: Cherylee Black
Region: Ontario, Canada
Verified by: rosslayberry
Verified date: Jul 19, 2015
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