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Least Skipper  -- Ancyloxypha numitor

Calvert County
7/9/04

Calvert County
8/6/04

Calvert County
7/7/04

Dorsal view, dead specimen

Ventral view, dead specimen
 
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Notes: checkered antennae lack hook typical of most skippers
Occurrence: common
Range: Allegheny Plateau, Piedmont, Coastal Plain
Flight: early May - early October
Larval hostplants: grasses
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