Common Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus communis)
Common throughout North Carolina, found most often in fields and waste areas where their host plants - weedy mallows - grow. Durham Co., NC 8/29/10. | |
Durham Co., NC 8/15/10. |
Orange Co., NC 9/30/05. |
Durham Co., NC 8/17/03. | |
Orange Co., NC 10/19/02. | |
Holly Shelter Game Land, Pender Co., NC 9/3/03. | |
This one has an ant on its abdomen. Harnett Co., NC 7/30/02. | |
Clay Co., NC 5/20/07. |
A "puddle party" of six enjoying a puddle of scat. Durham Co., NC 8/16/09. |
A puddle party featuring 20 Sleepy Oranges, 2 Cloudless Sulphurs, 2 Silvery Checkerspots, and 6 Common Checkered-Skippers. Durham Co., NC 8/15/10. |