Butterfly And Wildlife Gardening And Photography» Duskywing Skipper

Female Horace’s Duskywing Skipper

texdr — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 02:22:31 +0000

We have very few Butterflies right now, but we are patiently awaiting the arrival of the Fall Monarchs.

I was trying to take pictures of the Hummers, but they were a little shy today.

The lone Butterfly I saw was this female Horace’s Duskywing Skipper. You can tell this is a female because she has those large dark spots and the contrasting patches on the forewing. In contrast, the male doesn’t have much pattern contrast on its wings.

Female Horace's Duskywing On Yellow Flower

Female Horace's Duskywing

Duskywing Skipper (Mystery #2 Solved)

texdr — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:10:20 +0000

Looks like the other mystery Butterfly actually is a type of Skipper, most likely the Horace’s Duskywing Skipper and this guy is apparently the most common Duskywing in Houston. Both Joshua (again from Joshua’s Native Plants) and my neighbor were able to identify this previously unknown Butterfly. It likes to feed on oaks and wisteria has also been reported.

Thanks for those who threw out some guesses on the mystery Butterflies! It’s always exciting for me when I learn something new and it was nice to have others share their knowledge as well.

Mystery Butterfly

Mystery Butterflies

texdr — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 04:17:03 +0000

If you’ve been reading, you know I have lots of books on Butterflies but sometimes books don’t provide all the answers. Look at the next three pictures and see if you can identify what type of Butterfly these might be as I have no idea.

First up, some type of Butterfly on our Fennel. Here’s what I’m thinking. It’s a rather dull colored Butterfly, that has me leaning towards some type of Skipper. However, this Butterfly was bigger than most Skippers. It also flew considerably slower than most Skippers I have seen. I also thought it might be some type of Crescent, but I couldn’t find any pictures that matched this Butterfly.

So, what are your guesses for this Butterfly?

Mystery Butterfly

Next up, some type of Swallowtail perhaps? It kinda looks like a Giant Swallowtail to me, but it doesn’t seem to have all the necessary markings. I thought Giant Swallowtails have another line of yellow across their back and this one does not. It’s also missing the two “tails” of most Swallowtails.

Any guesses?

Mystery Butterfly 2

Mystery Butterfly 2a