Attributes of Hesperia ottoe
Ottoe Skipper
Hesperia ottoe W.H. Edwards, 1866
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
Identification: Upperside is bright brownish orange; male has narrow black edging on the outer margins of both wings, female is brighter with diffuse borders. Stigma on male forewing has black or gray felt. Underside of hindwing is yellow-orange; no markings in the male, sometimes with faint markings in the female.
Wing Span: 1 1/4 - 1 11/16 inches (3.2 - 4.3 cm).
Life History: Adults are strong fliers. Males perch near the host plants all day to wait for receptive females. Eggs are laid singly at the base of a grass stem. In Minnesota eggs may be laid on the flowers of Echinacea angustifolia; the young caterpillars must drop off the flower and find a host plant to eat. Caterpillars live in a nest of leaves tied with silk, and fourth-stage caterpillars hibernate.
Flight: One brood from June-August.
Caterpillar Hosts: Fall witchgrass (Leptoloma cognatum), little bluestem (Andropogon scoparius), and other grasses.
Adult Food: Nectar from flowers of green and common milkweeds, yellow prickly pear, vetch, alfalfa, bush houstonia, purple coneflower, leadplant, compassplant, sunflower, and blazing star.
Habitat: Native tall-grass prairie.
Range: Southern Manitoba and eastern Montana south along the high plains to north Texas; east through Nebraska and Kansas to central Illinois and southwest Michigan.
Conservation: Conversion of tall-grass prairie to agricultural use has greatly reduced the habitat and numbers of the Ottoe Skipper.
NCGR: G3 - Very rare or local throughout its range or found locally in a restricted range (21 to 100 occurrences). (Threatened throughout its range).
Management Needs: Populations of this skipper should be conserved wherever found. Care should be taken in habitat management. Use of fire as a tool should be discouraged.
Taxonomy Notes:
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The fifty most recently verified sightings are below. See more recently verified sightings of all species.
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August 01, 2011 | Christian.Nunes | Boulder County, Colorado, United States | August 09, 2011 | Details |
| July 30, 2009 | SusanLouise (Susan Louise Whitney) | Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States | September 24, 2009 | Details | |
| June 29, 2002 | legacy.reporter (Gerard, Walter) | Cherokee County, Oklahoma, United States | April 03, 2009 | Details | |
| June 01, 2004 | legacy.reporter (Nelson, John M. & Edwards, David & Fisher, John) | Ellis County, Oklahoma, United States | April 03, 2009 | Details | |
| August 12, 2003 | legacy.reporter (Fisher, John) | Osage County, Oklahoma, United States | April 03, 2009 | Details | |
| June 17, 1999 | stevekohler (Steve Kohler) | Rosebud County, Montana, United States | January 23, 2008 | Details | |
| July 14, 2005 | stevekohler (Steve Kohler) | Richland County, Montana, United States | January 23, 2008 | Details | |
| June 19, 1962 | legacy.reporter | St Clair County, Missouri, United States | March 12, 2007 | Details | |
| July 07, 1984 | legacy.reporter (Woller, D.A.) | Holt County, Missouri, United States | March 12, 2007 | Details | |
| August 22, 1915 | legacy.reporter | Greene County, Missouri, United States | March 12, 2007 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Wheeler County, Nebraska, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Red Willow County, Nebraska, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Perkins County, Nebraska, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Dundy County, Nebraska, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Custer County, Nebraska, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Thayer County, Nebraska, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Sarpy County, Nebraska, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Rock County, Nebraska, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Dawson County, Nebraska, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Loup County, Nebraska, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Blaine County, Nebraska, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Brown County, Nebraska, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Boyd County, Nebraska, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Keya Paha County, Nebraska, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Howard County, Nebraska, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Nance County, Nebraska, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Cuming County, Nebraska, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Stanton County, Nebraska, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Cedar County, Nebraska, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Douglas County, Nebraska, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Jefferson County, Nebraska, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Furnas County, Nebraska, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Webster County, Nebraska, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Hitchcock County, Nebraska, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Chase County, Nebraska, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Keith County, Nebraska, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Lincoln County, Nebraska, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Hooker County, Nebraska, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Grant County, Nebraska, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Morrill County, Nebraska, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Garden County, Nebraska, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Cherry County, Nebraska, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Sheridan County, Nebraska, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Kimball County, Nebraska, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Dawes County, Nebraska, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Larimer County, Colorado, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Boulder County, Colorado, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Jefferson County, Colorado, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Douglas County, Colorado, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details |
