Attributes of Ancyloxypha numitor
Least Skipper
Ancyloxypha numitor (Fabricius, 1793)
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
Identification: Antennae are short. Upperside of forewing is orange with a wide, diffuse black border at the outer margin; hindwing is yellow-orange with a wide black margin. Underside of forewing is black with orange borders at the tip and leading edge; hindwing is yellow-orange.
Wing Span: 7/8 - 1 1/8 inches (2.2 - 2.9 cm).
Life History: Males patrol for females with a low, fluttery flight through grassy areas. Females lay eggs singly on grass blades. Caterpillars feed on leaves and rest in nests of rolled or tied leaves. Third- and fourth-stage caterpillars hibernate.
Flight: Three broods from May-October in most of the range, four broods from February-December in the Deep South and Texas.
Caterpillar Hosts: Various grasses including marsh millet (Zizaniopsis miliacea), rice cutgrass (Leersia oryzoides), and cultivated rice (Oryza sativa).
Adult Food: Flower nectar from low growing plants such as wood sorrel, swamp verbena, pickerelweed, chickory, and white clover.
Habitat: Moist or wet open places with tall grasses, marshes, ditches, slow streams, hillsides, or old fields with tall grasses.
Range: Nova Scotia west to southern Saskatchewan; south through the eastern states to Florida, the Gulf states, Texas, and southeastern Arizona. Strays to central Colorado.
Conservation: Not usually required.
NCGR: G5 - Demonstrably secure globally, though it may be quite rare in parts of its range, especially at the periphery.
Management Needs: None reported.
Taxonomy Notes:
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The map below displays all verified sighting records in the BAMONA database for this species. Each record is indicated with a yellow dot. The orange dots on the map provide access to information about the 400 most recently verified sightings of this species. In some instances, there are several records at the same location. Use the table view to access these records.
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The fifty most recently verified sightings are below. See more recently verified sightings of all species.
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April 26, 2013 | Ken Cheeks | Richmond County, Georgia, United States | May 13, 2013 | Details |
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September 12, 2012 | trever | Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States | May 09, 2013 | Details |
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July 27, 2012 | trever | Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States | May 06, 2013 | Details |
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August 22, 2012 | Jim Klingler | Nemaha County, Kansas, United States | April 20, 2013 | Details |
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August 17, 2011 | Ilona L. | Dane County, Wisconsin, United States | April 19, 2013 | Details |
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September 15, 2012 | CA Ivy | Adair County, Oklahoma, United States | March 20, 2013 | Details |
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July 09, 2012 | Rick Henle | Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States | March 11, 2013 | Details |
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July 11, 2012 | Chip Krilowicz | Salem County, New Jersey, United States | March 11, 2013 | Details |
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June 23, 2012 | J_Martineau | Faribault County, Minnesota, United States | February 09, 2013 | Details |
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July 31, 2012 | LinRandolph | Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States | January 07, 2013 | Details |
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July 09, 2011 | dpgbfly1 | Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, United States | January 06, 2013 | Details |
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August 16, 2010 | dpgbfly1 | Isanti County, Minnesota, United States | January 06, 2013 | Details |
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October 14, 2012 | aahewetson | Jack County, Texas, United States | December 30, 2012 | Details |
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June 27, 2012 | John Many Wings | Frederick County, Maryland, United States | December 11, 2012 | Details |
| April 14, 2012 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Colbert County, Alabama, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| May 06, 2012 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Colbert County, Alabama, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| June 15, 2012 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Colbert County, Alabama, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| June 24, 2012 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Cleburne County, Alabama, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 04, 2012 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Cleburne County, Alabama, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| August 25, 2012 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Cleburne County, Alabama, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| September 07, 2012 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Colbert County, Alabama, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| September 29, 2012 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Jefferson County, Alabama, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
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August 11, 2010 | Roy Brown | Fannin County, Georgia, United States | November 27, 2012 | Details |
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October 04, 2012 | Jeff Trahan | Bossier Parish, Louisiana, United States | November 15, 2012 | Details |
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June 04, 2012 | Navlor | Ontario, Canada | October 28, 2012 | Details |
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September 19, 2012 | raven10322 | Howard County, Maryland, United States | October 04, 2012 | Details |
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June 14, 2012 | Rick Henle | Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States | September 29, 2012 | Details |
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September 23, 2012 | HHowell | Overton County, Tennessee, United States | September 28, 2012 | Details |
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September 16, 2012 | CA Ivy | Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States | September 20, 2012 | Details |
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August 21, 2012 | Colleen62 | Ontario, Canada | September 08, 2012 | Details |
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August 30, 2012 | klavierabend | Orange County, New York, United States | September 07, 2012 | Details |
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August 30, 2012 | AJ Trently | Henderson County, Tennessee, United States | September 06, 2012 | Details |
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August 03, 2012 | janeth13 | Lake County, Illinois, United States | August 27, 2012 | Details |
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August 18, 2012 | Joshua Spence | Pickens County, Georgia, United States | August 27, 2012 | Details |
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July 15, 2012 | TSims | Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States | August 21, 2012 | Details |
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July 29, 2012 | Ken Cheeks | Richmond County, Georgia, United States | August 17, 2012 | Details |
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August 11, 2012 | Harry Forbes | Calhoun County, Texas, United States | August 15, 2012 | Details |
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June 24, 2003 | cheins | Washburn County, Wisconsin, United States | August 14, 2012 | Details |
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August 11, 2012 | Doug Bruce | Meigs County, Tennessee, United States | August 14, 2012 | Details |
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June 15, 2012 | cheins | Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States | July 20, 2012 | Details |
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June 18, 2012 | Chip Krilowicz | Burlington County, New Jersey, United States | July 07, 2012 | Details |
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July 03, 2012 | stonehollow | McLeod County, Minnesota, United States | July 05, 2012 | Details |
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June 09, 2012 | Doug Bruce | Bedford County, Tennessee, United States | July 01, 2012 | Details |
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June 26, 2012 | rconnorsphoto | Macon County, Tennessee, United States | July 01, 2012 | Details |
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June 27, 2012 | Howell Curtis | Washington County, Indiana, United States | June 28, 2012 | Details |
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June 21, 2012 | Chip Krilowicz | Rockland County, New York, United States | June 22, 2012 | Details |
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May 31, 2012 | Naseem Reza | Door County, Wisconsin, United States | June 18, 2012 | Details |
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May 26, 2012 | Belinda | Saginaw County, Michigan, United States | June 13, 2012 | Details |
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June 12, 2012 | stonehollow | Stearns County, Minnesota, United States | June 12, 2012 | Details |
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May 25, 2012 | James_Shelton32 | Northampton County, Virginia, United States | June 11, 2012 | Details |
