And speaking of Skipper love, here's a couple I saw while I was leaving to go to Walgreens. The first is a Long-Tailed Skipper. I get a lot of these in my yard but hadn't seen one in a while until I saw one yesterday evening. I have one of their host plants, butterfly pea, right in my front yard so I usually see a lot of them. Plus, like this one, they love to eat my porterweed.
I'm not sure what this other skipper is but I get them a lot, too. I remember them because they're a little bigger than most skippers and have no discernible markings on them. They're just plain brown. They seem to have a pretty big proboscis compared to a lot of butterflies.
