Sleepy Duskywing
Erynnis brizo (Boisduval & Leconte, [1837])
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Pyrginae
Identification: Antennal clubs are blunt. Upperside brown; forewing with 2 wide gray bands and no transparent spots. Male has a costal fold containing yellow scent scales; female has a patch of scent scales on the 7th abdominal segment.
Wing Span: 1 1/4 - 1 3/4 inches (3.2 - 4.5 cm).
Life History: To seek females, males perch in clearings and on hilltops throughout the day. Patrolling around the host plants occurs when there is a high density of males. Females deposit single eggs on young leaves or leaf buds of the host plants. Caterpillars feed on leaves and rest in leaf shelters; fully-grown caterpillars hibernate.
Flight: One brood; from January-May in Florida and Texas, from March-June in the rest of the range.
Caterpillar Hosts: Scrub oak (Quercus ilicifolia) and other shrubby oaks.
Adult Food: Nectar from flowers of heaths (Ericaceae) including wild azalea and blueberry; also blackberry and dandelion.
Habitat: Oak or oak-pine scrub, chaparral, barrens; on well-drained sandy or shaly soils.
Range: In the west from California east to Utah and southern Wyoming; south through the mountains to Arizona, New Mexico, Baja California Norte and central Mexico. In the east from Manitoba south through southern Ontario and the eastern United States to central Florida, the Gulf Coast, and central Texas.
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 29, 2023
Submitted by: williamharmonlds
Region: McKinley County, New Mexico, United States
Verified by: stevecary
Verified date: May 04, 2023
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Observation date: Apr 23, 2023
Submitted by: Marta Reece
Region: Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States
Verified by: stevecary
Verified date: May 03, 2023
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Observation date: Apr 01, 2023
Submitted by: Tommie Rogers
Region: Madison County, North Carolina, United States
Verified by: Dennis Forsythe
Verified date: Apr 20, 2023
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Observation date: Apr 09, 2023
Submitted by: Chrustay
Region: Torrance County, New Mexico, United States
Verified by: stevecary
Verified date: Apr 14, 2023
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Observation date: Apr 07, 2023
Submitted by: DeepSkyKelly
Region: Union County, New Mexico, United States
Verified by: stevecary
Verified date: Apr 08, 2023
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Observation date: Apr 05, 2023
Submitted by: Cascade Colors
Region: Cumberland County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: James Steen
Verified date: Apr 07, 2023
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Observation date: Mar 12, 2023
Submitted by: John Gibbons
Region: Marion County, Florida, United States
Verified by: John Calhoun
Verified date: Mar 21, 2023
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Observation date: Mar 20, 2022
Submitted by: robert.emond
Region: Taylor County, Florida, United States
Verified by: John Calhoun
Verified date: Jan 21, 2023
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Observation date: May 11, 2022
Submitted by: stevecary
Region:
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Verified date: Dec 23, 2022
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Observation date: Mar 02, 2022
Submitted by: stevecary
Region: Cochise County, Arizona, United States
Verified by: John Saba
Verified date: Oct 31, 2022
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Observation date: Apr 14, 2022
Submitted by: stevecary
Region: Quay County, New Mexico, United States
Verified by: stevecary
Verified date: Oct 29, 2022
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Observation date: Apr 05, 2021
Submitted by: gpstewart
Region: Anderson County, Texas, United States
Verified by: jwileyrains
Verified date: Oct 09, 2022
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Observation date: Apr 03, 2020
Submitted by: Susan McSwain
Region: Nelson County, Virginia, United States
Verified by: drerbium
Verified date: Sep 28, 2022
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Observation date: Mar 25, 2020
Submitted by: ecotonal
Region: Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States
Verified by: CA Ivy
Verified date: Sep 16, 2022
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Observation date: Mar 31, 2019
Submitted by: Mark Salvato
Region: Crosby County, Texas, United States
Verified by: jwileyrains
Verified date: Sep 01, 2022
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Observation date: Apr 21, 2022
Submitted by: Cascade Colors
Region: Cumberland County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: James Steen
Verified date: Aug 21, 2022
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Observation date: Apr 18, 2018
Submitted by: Cheri Phillips
Region: El Paso County, Colorado, United States
Verified by: mikefisher
Verified date: Aug 10, 2022
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Observation date: Jun 06, 2022
Submitted by: DeepSkyKelly
Region: Colfax County, New Mexico, United States
Verified by: stevecary
Verified date: Jun 20, 2022
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Observation date: Apr 09, 2012
Submitted by: Vince Moxon
Region:
Verified by: James Steen
Verified date: Jun 14, 2022
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Observation date: Mar 29, 2022
Submitted by: k.d.stutzman
Region: Sevier County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: James Steen
Verified date: Jun 14, 2022
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Observation date: Apr 21, 2018
Submitted by: schaarschmidt
Region: Polk County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: James Steen
Verified date: Jun 01, 2022
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Observation date: Apr 08, 2017
Submitted by: webielenberg
Region: Sevier County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: James Steen
Verified date: May 30, 2022
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Observation date: Apr 17, 2019
Submitted by: webielenberg
Region: Blount County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: James Steen
Verified date: May 30, 2022
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Observation date: Apr 05, 2020
Submitted by: Tommie Rogers
Region: Marion County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: James Steen
Verified date: May 30, 2022
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