Fiery Skipper
by Howard Cheek
Arthropods
Keywords: skippers butterflies hylephila phyleus fiery insects butterfly wildlife nature wild texas hesperiidae lepidoptera hesperioidea colorful beautiful pink flowers insects bugs winged wings macro closeup
Grass skippers (subfamily Hesperiinae) are usually small orange and brown butterflies. Adults rest with wings closed or bask with hindwings open flat and forewings at an angle (the "jet plane" position), a posture unique to grass skippers. They are fast, agile, erratic fliers. Larvae feed on grasses.
Image Reference: 2007-01-20-375Image Format: Digital Capture - 3 to 5MPImage Crop: Less than 75% of originalDigital Enhancement: NoneModel Release: NAProperty Release: NACaptive: No
