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Peck's Skipper  -- Polites peckius

Calvert County
5/23/06

Anne Arundel County
6/27/07

Male
Calvert County
5/25/06

Female
Montgomery County
7/30/05
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Notes: underwing patterns similar in males and females; dorsal surfaces differ with male showing dark stigma on upper forewing
Occurrence: common
Range: entire state
Flight: May to mid-June; August - early September
Larval hostplants: Rice Cutgrass (Leersia oryzoides), Kentucky Bluegrass (Poa pratensis) and other grasses (?)
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