A skipper I can identify
Silver spotted skipper
Today was a difficult day for photography, what with drizzly weather and writing deadlines, so this picture was actually taken yesterday, 29 June. I had stopped by Lantern Hill Pond to see if a rare species of dragonfly called a Blue Corporal was still cruising around, but it was nowhere to be found. I did, however, find and photograph some Silver-spotted Skimmers, butterflies that as a group are often hard to identify. Epargyreus clarus, however, is unmistakable, with a bold and shimmering silver band on its hind wing. This silver-spotted was nectaring on Pickerel weed flowers.
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