Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes aesculapius)
| Lace-winged is the most common and distinctive of our roadside-skippers. It occurs throughout North Carolina, but is most common in the Coastal Plain. Here is a rare example from the Mountain region, along the French Broad River at fairly low elevation near the Tennessee border. Madison Co., NC 4/9/2012. |
| Same individual, with natural light, no flash. Madison Co., NC 4/9/2012. |
| Raven Rock State Park, Harnett Co., NC 8/18/05. |
| Craven Co., NC 8/27/06. |
| We had an incredible 57 on the 2003 Croatan count. The checkered fringe often wears off, as at left. Croatan National Forest, Carteret Co., NC 8/24/03. |
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Nectaring on Hyptis alata (Bushmint). Croatan National Forest, Carteret Co., NC 8/24/03. |
| Fringeless. Croatan National Forest, Craven Co., NC 9/6/03. |
| Still with a partial checkered fringe. Croatan National Forest, Craven Co., NC 9/6/03. |
| Greene Co., NC 9/15/03. |
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Caught by a Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia viridans). Croatan National Forest, Craven Co., NC 8/25/02. |