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Boudicca 08-06-2013 06:14 PM
Swallow Tail Butterfly?
 
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Here I go again. These butterflies arrived today, I am guessing at the name

kittygilchrist 08-06-2013 06:17 PM
not a swallowtail....let's see how to find this???

pooh 08-06-2013 06:22 PM
Looks like a moth.......the search is on!

kittygilchrist 08-06-2013 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by pooh (Post 721058)
Looks like a moth.......the search is on!
I thought so too....

kittygilchrist 08-06-2013 06:29 PM
Butterfly Season in Florida - Florida eco travel guide

maybe this skipper, but it has a first name...???

pooh 08-06-2013 06:33 PM
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Could be a long tailed skipper.....not a moth as I thought, but a butterfly.

kittygilchrist 08-06-2013 06:33 PM
Florida Spread-wing Skippers (Family Hesperiidae)

long-tailed skipper??

kittygilchrist 08-06-2013 06:34 PM
yes! pooh I think that's it.

pooh 08-06-2013 06:37 PM
We're a pretty good team, Kitty....:D

kittygilchrist 08-06-2013 06:41 PM
:highfive: yeah, Pooh. oorah!
look at the last site I posted. there are 3 similar longtails. I'm not sure...
shrandell, what do you think?

pooh 08-06-2013 07:06 PM
I was going to cite the white around the eye, but all those called long tail have that characteristic. Shrandell? You around?

Boudicca 08-06-2013 07:33 PM
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YES!! Its the skipper I have some other photos taken at the same time which mimic the one in Pooh's thread

Boudicca 08-06-2013 07:36 PM
I had no idea my zinnias would attract such a diverse bunch of insects - in a good way :)

cquick 08-06-2013 07:52 PM
yes, I've been seeing the skippers in my garden too. The one on the right looks like a buckeye to me.

butterfly sue 08-08-2013 10:50 AM
Definitely a Long-Tailed Skipper.


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