I spotted this little Skipper in the garden today. I've looked through my B'fly book but I'm still not sure of it's identity. I'm thinking the Tawny-edged Skipper maybe? I enlarged and cropped the photo for a closer look:
~ I'm an old gal who still loves playing in the dirt!
~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot!
Thanks Marilyn, I found it in my book "Butterflies of Florida" and then googled for additional images ... I'm pretty sure it's the Tawny-edged Skipper.
~ I'm an old gal who still loves playing in the dirt!
~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot!
Name: Margaret Near Kamloops, BC, Canada (Zone 3a)
They are small evergreen shrubs that bloom in the spring, they smell fantastic, they like it warm and dry, I am pushing the zone a little with them, lowest is 4 and I'm 3a.
I think this is Rawson's Metalmark...there are several similar metalmarks in Texas. Small butterfly, but cute!
I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. E. B.White
Integrity can never be taken. It can only be given, and I wasn't going to give it up to these people. Gary Mowad
I had seen a ragged Texas Crescent butterfly around here lately. Probably a female...because there's little caterpillars on a bunch of False Mints (Dicliptera brachiata) on my place...LOTS of caterpillars! I don't even want to know how many are here! I brought some in to raise, but I'm not looking for any more. That's one of those species that can sometimes lay quite a few eggs, on the assumption that few of them will survive.
I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. E. B.White
Integrity can never be taken. It can only be given, and I wasn't going to give it up to these people. Gary Mowad
