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. |