Subject: Skipper in Montgomery County Pa 8/26/17
Geographic location of the bug: Upper Hanover Township
August 26, 2017 12:48 PM
I saw this very small skipper in NW Montgomery County. Photos are clear enough, but bad angles.
How you want your letter signed: Joseph L Greco Jr
Hi Joseph,
We must admit that we have trouble with exact species identifications on Skippers, but we feel confident this is a Grass Skipper in the family Hesperinae. Based on this and other BugGuide images, it might be the Delaware Skipper, Anatrytone logan. We love your image with the partially opened wings. The patterns remind us of a Rorschach test.
Thanks. Delaware was my guess as well. The underwing is closest to what I see in Glassberg.
As for the one wing, I got lucky. It’s almost in focus too. But it is weird to see a skipper like that.
Joe Greco
Joe Greco
Upper Hanover
Montgomery County
Update: September 1, 2017
Thanks to a comment from Richard Stickney, we are further clarifying that this is a Sachem, which matches this BugGuide image.
Thanks to a comment from Richard Stickney, we are further clarifying that this is a Sachem, which matches this BugGuide image.
The dark patches on the forewing identify this as a male Sachem, a very common species.
Thanks for providing a more specific ID to clarify our general identification.