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 08, 1990
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Region: Curry County, New Mexico, United States
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Region: Anderson County, Tennessee, United States
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Region: Clinton County, Michigan, United States
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Observation date: Jul 24, 2017
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Region: Mora County, New Mexico, United States
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Verified date: Feb 06, 2020
Observation date: Jul 13, 2010
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Region: San Miguel County, New Mexico, United States
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Verified date: Feb 06, 2020
Observation date: Jul 18, 2007
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Region: Union County, New Mexico, United States
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Observation date: Jul 23, 2009
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Region: Natrona County, Wyoming, United States
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Observation date: Jul 24, 2019
Submitted by: Judith Huf
Region: Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States
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Observation date: Jul 13, 2019
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Region: Weld County, Colorado, United States
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Observation date: Jul 04, 2019
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Region: Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Region: Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States
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Region: Jefferson County, Florida, United States
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Region: Franklin County, Kansas, United States
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Region: Woodford County, Illinois, United States
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Observation date: Jul 25, 2019
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Region: Ontario, Canada
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Observation date: Jul 31, 2019
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Region: Hawkins County, Tennessee, United States
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Verified date: Aug 06, 2019
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Region: Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Observation date: Jul 18, 2019
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Region: Genesee County, Michigan, United States
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Verified date: Jul 28, 2019
Observation date: Jul 18, 2019
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Region: Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Verified date: Jul 19, 2019
Observation date: Jul 17, 2019
Submitted by: Ed Rothwell
Region: Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States
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Verified date: Jul 19, 2019
Observation date: Jul 14, 2019
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Region: Genesee County, Michigan, United States
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Verified date: Jul 15, 2019
Observation date: Jul 14, 2019
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Region: Genesee County, Michigan, United States
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Verified date: Jul 15, 2019
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