#common checkered-skipper

[speakingofnature]

Common Checkered-Skipper

The middle of August finds the Common Checkered-Skipper gaining momentum as its numbers rise while reaching full stride.

[faguscarolinensis]

Burnsius communis on Chrysanthemum x morifolium 'Ryan's Pink' / Common Checkered-Skipper on Ryan's Pink Garden Mum at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University in Durham, NC

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Common checkered-skipper

Courtesy Jim Nelson

[moth-a-day]

Ḅ̸̡̢̜͍̪̼̈́̒O̶̗͕̻͍̎̀͋͗̽͊̒̂̈́͝ͅṆ̶̡̯͓̫̐̆͒̎̽̈́̇̍͘͜͠U̵̢̮̪͋̌̄̓̔̉̑̀̓̊̀͐͛͋͘S̴̢̛͖̯̼̠̩͕̝͈̉̊̎͆͋̍͒̀́́̆͛ ̸̢̨͔̫̎͆̑̊̉̚B̵̛͖̠̳̄̂̑U̶̳͔͐T̸̨̫̝̫̿̌͊̋̉Ţ̷̢̢̨̝̯͔̞̠̝͖̣̩̽̓͗̿̽͜ͅE̵̢̡̡̬͓͚͓̬̦͐̉́͌̃̽͊̓̔̉̉̽ͅR̷̨͖̹̖͖͊̀̌͆̐̂̾͊̈́͂͠F̷͇̟͇̹͙̙̳͚̋̐̎͑̃͒͊̑̚L̶̡̢̡͉͙͈̺͓̪̈́͋̈́̈́̐́́̂͊̍͆̕Y̶̭̯̯̜̼͔̘̯͓͔̅ ̸͈̾̂͗̎̊̈̍͑͊̒͘͝͝͠:̴̢̲̦͙̙̩̹̩̟̭̙̪̩̼̔͌͐̌̾͋̽͊̉̽̀̏̔̕)̶̡͉̞̰͔̥̹͉̠̟̪̱̥̟͊̒

Common checkered-skipper

Img credit- butterfliesandmoths.org

(400 follower milestone)

[debunkshy]

Common Checkered-skipper Big Bend National Park, TX 4 June 2018

[dendroica]

Common Checkered-Skipper, Pyrgus communis (by me)

[debunkshy]

Common Checkered-skipper National Butterfly Center, TX 29 April 2018

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Common Checkered-skipper Blucher Park, TX 18 April 2018