Attributes of Poanes hobomok
Hobomok Skipper
Poanes hobomok (Harris, 1862)
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
Identification: Wings are rounded. Upperside of male is yellow-orange with irregular black borders and no stigma; underside of hindwing has purple-gray on the inner margin. Female has 2 forms: Upperside of normal form is duller and has less orange than the male; underside of hindwing is orange with purple-gray at the inner margin. Upperside of "pocahontas" form is purple-black with some dull white spots on the forewing; underside is purple-black with the pattern obscured.
Wing Span: 1 - 1 11/16 inches (2.5 - 4.3 cm).
Life History: To await receptive females, males perch about 6 feet above ground on vegetation in woodland clearings. Females deposit eggs singly on or near the host grass leaves, which are eaten by the caterpillars.
Flight: One brood from April-July.
Caterpillar Hosts: Various grasses including panic grasses (Panicum) and bluegrasses (Poa).
Adult Food: Nectar from flowers including common milkweed, henbit, viper's bugloss, and blackberry.
Habitat: Openings and edges of damp woods, edges of bogs, light gaps along streams, city parks.
Range: Nova Scotia west across southern Canada to central Alberta; south to New Jersey, northern Georgia, Arkansas, central Kansas, and eastern Oklahoma. An isolated population ranges from central Colorado to northern New Mexico.
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 fifty most recently verified sightings are below. See more recently verified sightings of all species.
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May 05, 2012 | Cheryl Jennings | Grant County, West Virginia, United States | May 16, 2012 | Details |
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May 05, 2012 | Cheryl Jennings | Grant County, West Virginia, United States | May 16, 2012 | Details |
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May 05, 2012 | Cheryl Jennings | Grant County, West Virginia, United States | May 16, 2012 | Details |
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May 05, 2012 | Cheryl Jennings | Grant County, West Virginia, United States | May 16, 2012 | Details |
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May 05, 2012 | Cheryl Jennings | Grant County, West Virginia, United States | May 16, 2012 | Details |
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May 09, 2012 | jim8435wisc | Jackson County, Wisconsin, United States | May 13, 2012 | Details |
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May 09, 2012 | aarongunnar | Chippewa County, Wisconsin, United States | May 13, 2012 | Details |
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May 12, 2012 | curtis.lehman (Rory Bower) | Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, United States | May 13, 2012 | Details |
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June 12, 2011 | stonehollow | Wright County, Minnesota, United States | February 20, 2012 | Details |
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June 10, 2011 | BOGwalker | St Louis County, Minnesota, United States | February 03, 2012 | Details |
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September 02, 2011 | Randy L Anderson | Henderson County, Illinois, United States | September 02, 2011 | Details |
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June 18, 2011 | Stephen Kloiber | Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States | August 27, 2011 | Details |
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May 22, 2010 | damselflies | Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States | August 27, 2011 | Details |
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July 23, 2011 | mdolomieu1 | Greene County, Missouri, United States | August 17, 2011 | Details |
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June 07, 2011 | Mike Kops | Delaware County, New York, United States | August 07, 2011 | Details |
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June 18, 2011 | menasian | Tompkins County, New York, United States | August 07, 2011 | Details |
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June 18, 2011 | Jim Dolan | Columbiana County, Ohio, United States | July 03, 2011 | Details |
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June 16, 2011 | Cheryl Jennings | Tucker County, West Virginia, United States | June 22, 2011 | Details |
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June 05, 2011 | BeaLaporte | Ontario, Canada | June 17, 2011 | Details |
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June 10, 2011 | mainebred | Franklin County, Maine, United States | June 12, 2011 | Details |
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June 03, 2011 | BeaLaporte | Ontario, Canada | June 09, 2011 | Details |
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June 04, 2011 | BeaLaporte | Ontario, Canada | June 09, 2011 | Details |
| April 24, 2011 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Colbert County, Alabama, United States | May 31, 2011 | Details | |
| May 13, 2011 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | DeKalb County, Alabama, United States | May 31, 2011 | Details | |
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April 30, 2011 | GSSpicer | Rhea County, Tennessee, United States | May 21, 2011 | Details |
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May 11, 2011 | Don Holt | Unicoi County, Tennessee, United States | May 15, 2011 | Details |
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April 29, 2011 | rconnorsphoto | Cheatham County, Tennessee, United States | May 04, 2011 | Details |
| June 01, 1995 | legacy.reporter (Reinoehl, Jack) | Hillsdale County, Michigan, United States | May 01, 2011 | Details | |
| June 01, 1995 | legacy.reporter (Essenmacher, Monica) | Huron County, Michigan, United States | May 01, 2011 | Details | |
| June 01, 1995 | legacy.reporter (Swales, John) | Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States | May 01, 2011 | Details | |
| June 04, 1995 | Ranger Steve Mueller (Steven J. Mueller) | Mackinac County, Michigan, United States | May 01, 2011 | Details | |
| June 05, 1995 | Ranger Steve Mueller (Steven J. Mueller) | Luce County, Michigan, United States | May 01, 2011 | Details | |
| June 06, 1995 | legacy.reporter (Keilb, Mike) | Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States | May 01, 2011 | Details | |
| June 08, 1995 | Ranger Steve Mueller (Steven J. Mueller) | Schoolcraft County, Michigan, United States | May 01, 2011 | Details | |
| June 09, 1995 | legacy.reporter (Brown, Richard) | Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States | May 01, 2011 | Details | |
| June 16, 1995 | legacy.reporter (Swales, John with Martin Bialecki, Mike and Susan Kielb ) | Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States | May 01, 2011 | Details | |
| June 21, 1995 | Ranger Steve Mueller (Steven J. Mueller) | Kent County, Michigan, United States | May 01, 2011 | Details | |
| June 22, 1995 | legacy.reporter (McWhirter, Doug) | Otsego County, Michigan, United States | May 01, 2011 | Details | |
| June 23, 1995 | Ranger Steve Mueller (Steven J. Mueller) | Kent County, Michigan, United States | May 01, 2011 | Details | |
| July 01, 1995 | legacy.reporter (Reinoehl, Jack) | Gratiot County, Michigan, United States | May 01, 2011 | Details | |
| July 14, 1995 | legacy.reporter (Little, Janea, with Gene Beckham, Denny Brooks, Katherine Carothers, Donna & Ralph Czerepinski, Monica Essenmacher, Bob Lederhouse, Betty Secrist, Wendy Skory, Cathy Yanacek) | Midland County, Michigan, United States | May 01, 2011 | Details | |
| July 23, 1995 | legacy.reporter (Flemming, Richard with Andrew Jefcoat, Leah Knapp) | Eaton County, Michigan, United States | May 01, 2011 | Details | |
| May 28, 1996 | Ranger Steve Mueller (Steven J. Mueller) | Kent County, Michigan, United States | May 01, 2011 | Details | |
| May 30, 1996 | legacy.reporter (Reinoehl, Jack) | Hillsdale County, Michigan, United States | May 01, 2011 | Details | |
| May 30, 1996 | legacy.reporter (Swales, John) | Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States | May 01, 2011 | Details | |
| June 21, 1996 | legacy.reporter (Swales, John with M. & S. Bialecki, Richard Brown, D. & E. Shappirio, C. Swift, Roger Wykes. ) | Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States | May 01, 2011 | Details | |
| June 28, 1996 | legacy.reporter (Swales, John with J & R Brown, John Farmer, Roger Wykes) | Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States | May 01, 2011 | Details | |
| July 12, 1996 | legacy.reporter (Little, Janea with M Barrowman, D. Brooks, K. Carothers, F. Carter, J. Henderson, B. Keller, V. Kienitz, R. Kursinsky, S.A. Schmidt, D. Thayer, M. Wilke) | Midland County, Michigan, United States | May 01, 2011 | Details | |
| May 29, 1997 | legacy.reporter (Swales, John) | Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States | May 01, 2011 | Details | |
| May 29, 1997 | legacy.reporter (Swales, John) | Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States | May 01, 2011 | Details |
