Attributes of Polites origenes
Crossline Skipper
Polites origenes (Fabricius, 1793)
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
Identification: Upperside is dark brown with orange markings. Female usually lacks orange along the forewing costa and has a square spot below the end of the cell; male has a long, straight forewing stigma. Underside of hindwing is orange-brown with a faint band of spots.
Wing Span: 1 1/8 - 1 1/2 inches (2.9 - 3.8 cm).
Life History: Males perch in open grassy areas most of the day to await receptive females. Courtship occurs from midday to mid-afternoon. Third- and fourth-stage caterpillars hibernate.
Flight: One brood from June-August in the north, two broods from May-September in the south.
Caterpillar Hosts: Purpletop (Tridens flavus), little bluestem (Andropogon scoparius), and other grasses.
Adult Food: White, pink, or purple flowers are preferred including purple vetch, red clover, selfheal, dogbane, shrub houstonia, New Jersey tea, and New York ironweed.
Habitat: Open grassy areas including prairies hills, barrens, power line cuts, old fields, forest openings.
Range: Western North Dakota east across central Minnesota, southern Ontario, and southern Quebec to central Maine; south to northeast Texas, the Gulf Coast, and northern Florida. A separate population (P. o. rhena) occurs along the Rocky Mountains from northern Colorado to northeastern New Mexico.
Conservation: Populations of subspecies rhena, found in patches of all tall-grass prairies, should be conserved wherever found.
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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July 29, 2012 | CA Ivy | Adair County, Oklahoma, United States | March 19, 2013 | Details |
| April 10, 2012 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Baldwin County, Alabama, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| May 19, 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 25, 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 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 | |
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July 04, 2012 | schmev24 | Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States | November 09, 2012 | Details |
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July 28, 2012 | schmev24 | Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States | November 09, 2012 | Details |
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October 03, 2012 | AJ Trently | Lewis County, Tennessee, United States | October 06, 2012 | Details |
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July 28, 2012 | TSims | Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States | August 22, 2012 | Details |
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June 06, 2011 | Naseem Reza | Richmond City County, Virginia, United States | August 09, 2012 | Details |
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September 04, 2010 | Pierre Howard | Camden County, Georgia, United States | July 26, 2012 | Details |
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July 08, 2012 | BeaLaporte | Ontario, Canada | July 16, 2012 | Details |
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July 13, 2012 | Buckeye Bruce | Franklin County, Ohio, United States | July 14, 2012 | Details |
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June 03, 2012 | Lois Stacey | Georgia, United States, Wilkes County | June 08, 2012 | Details |
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June 04, 2010 | Pierre Howard | Bartow County, Georgia, United States | June 07, 2012 | Details |
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May 29, 2012 | Cheryl Jennings | Morgan County, West Virginia, United States | May 30, 2012 | Details |
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May 19, 2012 | dspicer | McMinn County, Tennessee, United States | May 21, 2012 | Details |
| July 11, 1999 | legacy.reporter (Alison Robb) | Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 11, 1999 | legacy.reporter (Falmouth Xerces) | Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 12, 1997 | legacy.reporter (Jackie Sones et al) | Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 12, 1998 | legacy.reporter (Jackie Sones et al) | Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 17, 1999 | legacy.reporter (Outer Cape Cod Xerces) | Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| August 04, 1999 | legacy.reporter (Bob Bowker) | Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 13, 1994 | legacy.reporter (Diane Potter) | Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 13, 1994 | legacy.reporter (Diane Potter) | Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| June 16, 1994 | legacy.reporter (Pam Weatherbee) | Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 25, 1992 | legacy.reporter (Tom Tyning #) | Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 24, 1993 | legacy.reporter (Tom Tyning et al) | Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 17, 1994 | legacy.reporter (Tom Tyning #) | Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 16, 1995 | legacy.reporter (C.Berk Xerces) | Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 14, 1996 | legacy.reporter (Tom Tyning #) | Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 26, 1997 | legacy.reporter (Tom Tyning #) | Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 11, 1998 | legacy.reporter (Tom Tyning #) | Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 10, 1996 | legacy.reporter (Mark Fairbrother #) | Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 12, 1997 | legacy.reporter (Mark Fairbrother #) | Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 15, 1998 | legacy.reporter (Richard Hildreth) | Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 15, 1998 | legacy.reporter (Mark Fairbrother #) | Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 14, 1999 | legacy.reporter (N.Berk Xerces) | Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 27, 1996 | legacy.reporter (Tom Tyning #) | Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| August 08, 1992 | legacy.reporter (Tom Dodd) | Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 20, 1993 | legacy.reporter (Lyn Lovell) | Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 10, 1994 | legacy.reporter (Richard Hildreth) | Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 27, 1997 | legacy.reporter (Richard Hildreth) | Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 09, 1998 | legacy.reporter (Richard Hildreth) | Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 17, 1994 | legacy.reporter (Mark Mello et al) | Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 02, 1998 | legacy.reporter (Matt Pelikan) | Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
| July 02, 1998 | legacy.reporter (Matt Pelikan) | Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details |
