Attributes of Euphyes vestris

Dun Skipper
Euphyes vestris (Boisduval, 1852)

Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
Identification: Upperside of head and thorax is yellow-orange. Wings are brown-black; male forewing has a black stigma, female forewing has very small cloudy white spots.
Wing Span: 1 1/8 - 1 3/8 inches (2.9 - 3.5 cm).
Life History: To find receptive females, males perch in low spots about 3 feet from the ground. Females lay eggs singly on leaves of the host plants. Caterpillars feed on leaves and make shelters of rolled or tied leaves. Third-stage caterpillars hibernate, emerge in the spring to complete their development, and pupate in silken tubes at the base of the plants.
Flight: One brood from June-early August in the north; two broods from May-September in the mid-South; several broods from March-October in the Deep South and Texas.
Caterpillar Hosts: Various sedges including chufa flatsedge (Cyperus esculentus) and sun sedge (Carex heliophila).
Adult Food: Nectar from white, pink, or purple flowers including common milkweed, purple vetch, selfheal, peppermint, dogbane, New Jersey tea, and viper's bugloss.
Habitat: Wet areas near deciduous woods such as meadows, seeps, swamp edges, and streams.
Range: Nova Scotia west across southern Canada to southern Alberta; south to Florida, the Gulf Coast, and eastern Texas. Separate populations in the high plains and Rocky Mountains, and on the Pacific Coast.
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.
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The fifty most recently verified sightings are below. See more recently verified sightings of all species.

Observation Date Submitter Region Verified Datesort icon
May 11, 2013 aahewetson Hood County, Texas, United States May 14, 2013 Details
July 27, 2011 Jeff Trahan Webster Parish, Louisiana, United States April 20, 2013 Details
August 22, 2012 CA Ivy Adair County, Oklahoma, United States March 26, 2013 Details
September 15, 2012 CA Ivy Adair County, Oklahoma, United States March 24, 2013 Details
August 22, 2012 CA Ivy Adair County, Oklahoma, United States March 19, 2013 Details
June 02, 2012 crprice Ripley County, Missouri, United States March 04, 2013 Details
July 18, 2008 cheins Clearwater County, Minnesota, United States January 27, 2013 Details
July 07, 2012 Andree Orleans County, Vermont, United States January 02, 2013 Details
August 01, 2011 jfkoza Essex County, Massachusetts, United States December 11, 2012 Details
August 23, 2012 crprice Ripley County, Missouri, United States December 04, 2012 Details
June 17, 1997 legacy.reporter (Greg Kareofelas) Washoe County, Nevada, United States December 01, 2012 Details
March 31, 2012 vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) Bibb County, Alabama, United States December 01, 2012 Details
April 10, 2012 vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) Baldwin County, Alabama, United States December 01, 2012 Details
April 15, 2012 vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) Colbert County, Alabama, United States December 01, 2012 Details
May 28, 2012 vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) Colbert County, Alabama, United States December 01, 2012 Details
July 28, 2012 vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) Jefferson County, Alabama, United States December 01, 2012 Details
August 04, 2012 vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) Bibb County, Alabama, United States December 01, 2012 Details
August 11, 2012 vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) Baldwin County, Alabama, United States December 01, 2012 Details
August 20, 2012 vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) Baldwin County, Alabama, United States December 01, 2012 Details
September 14, 2012 vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States December 01, 2012 Details
September 15, 2012 vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) Bibb County, Alabama, United States December 01, 2012 Details
September 22, 2012 vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) DeKalb County, Alabama, United States December 01, 2012 Details
July 04, 2010 Jim Brighton Penobscot County, Maine, United States November 19, 2012 Details
June 02, 2012 Jeff Trahan Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, United States November 15, 2012 Details
August 16, 2012 Jeff Trahan Webster Parish, Louisiana, United States November 15, 2012 Details
October 13, 2012 jjflossem Hernando County, Florida, United States November 12, 2012 Details
August 22, 2012 Terry W. Johnson Georgia, Talbot County, United States November 01, 2012 Details
July 09, 2012 Andree Orleans County, Vermont, United States October 24, 2012 Details
October 03, 2012 Kimberly Mrozinski Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States October 03, 2012 Details
September 15, 2012 Jean Fontaine Greenville County, South Carolina, United States September 27, 2012 Details
August 20, 2012 smatzke Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States September 22, 2012 Details
September 08, 2011 Ken Cheeks Aiken County, South Carolina, United States September 03, 2012 Details
July 21, 2012 PDunwiddie Leelanau County, Michigan, United States August 31, 2012 Details
July 21, 2012 PDunwiddie Leelanau County, Michigan, United States August 31, 2012 Details
July 22, 2012 PDunwiddie Leelanau County, Michigan, United States August 31, 2012 Details
August 26, 2012 Melinda Fawver Trousdale County, Tennessee, United States August 31, 2012 Details
August 19, 2012 stephen stedman Van Buren County, Tennessee, United States August 19, 2012 Details
July 15, 2003 cheins Washburn County, Wisconsin, United States August 14, 2012 Details
July 02, 2012 JimConrad Adams County, Mississippi, United States August 12, 2012 Details
August 12, 2011 kk704 Morris County, New Jersey, United States August 08, 2012 Details
March 31, 2012 cfhayes Liberty County, Georgia, United States August 08, 2012 Details
July 29, 2012 mdolomieu1 Greene County, Missouri, United States July 31, 2012 Details
July 19, 2012 todonnell Tucker County, West Virginia, United States July 21, 2012 Details
July 12, 2012 David Allen Jones Sawyer County, Wisconsin, United States July 18, 2012 Details
August 03, 2011 WendyJG Winnebago County, Illinois, United States July 16, 2012 Details
July 08, 2012 stonehollow Wright County, Minnesota, United States July 15, 2012 Details
July 07, 2012 dncms Knox County, Ohio, United States July 12, 2012 Details
July 04, 2012 aarongunnar Oneida County, Wisconsin, United States July 06, 2012 Details
June 30, 2012 Carmel Mothersill Ontario, Canada July 02, 2012 Details
June 30, 2012 Carmel Mothersill Ontario, Canada July 02, 2012 Details