Hobomok Skipper is a fairly common species found, in NC, primarily in the mountains in a single brood lasting from spring to early summer. This is a very fresh one!

Alleghany Co., NC 6/18/06.

Look for the tornado-shaped yellow patch on the dark brown hindwing.

Alleghany Co., NC 5/27/07.

Some females are dark -- these are known as the Pocahontas form.

Alleghany Co., NC 5/27/07.

Pocahontas form female.

Alleghany Co., NC 5/27/07.

Grayson Co., VA 5/30/09.

Like the related Zabulon Skipper (Poanes zabulon), they are sexually dimorphic - males and females can look quite different. Females may be as dark as the one at left (Pocahontas form) or may approach the color of males. Their flight tends to be low and fluttery, almost moth-like, unlike the zippy Zabulon.

Female (top) and male, Alleghany Co., NC 5/29/05.

Grayson Co., VA 5/29/05.

Galax, VA 6/14/03.

Alleghany Co., NC 5/29/05.