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Male indian skipper butterflies perch all day to await receptive females. Caterpillars live in silken tubes at the base of grass clumps and leave them to feed. Older caterpillars overwinter and in the spring pupate in a loose cocoon.Butterflies and Moths of North America

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Indian Skipper Butterfly

Date Submitted: July 19, 2010

Observer: Paul Lauenstein

Observation Date: 7/16/10

Observation Time: 11:05 a.m.

Observation Location: Gavins Pond Road soccer field parking lot

Plant or Animal? Animal

Common Name: Indian Skipper Butterfly

Scientific Name: Hesperia sassacus

Indian Skipper Butterfly

Comments: None

More Information: Butterflies and Moths of North America

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Peck's Skipper Butterfly, 8/4/10
Red Admiral Butterfly, 5/7/11

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