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Common Checkered-Skipper  -- Pyrgus communis

male
Calvert County
8/9/06

Calvert County
9/13/05

Calvert County
7/29/04
 

Calvert County
7/29/04
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Notes: male more boldly patterned than female. Male has bluish hair-like scales on the body and inner wings which female lacks
Occurrence: common
Range: entire state
Flight: July - October
Larval hostplants: wild and cultivated mallows and hollyhocks
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