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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| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Colfax County, New Mexico, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | San Miguel County, New Mexico, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Union County, New Mexico, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Warren County, New Jersey, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Sussex County, New Jersey, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Union County, New Jersey, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Somerset County, New Jersey, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Passaic County, New Jersey, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Morris County, New Jersey, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Ocean County, New Jersey, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Hudson County, New Jersey, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Mercer County, New Jersey, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Camden County, New Jersey, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Cape May County, New Jersey, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Essex County, New Jersey, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Burlington County, New Jersey, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Bergen County, New Jersey, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Hall County, Nebraska, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Greeley 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 | Sarpy County, Nebraska, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Frontier 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 | Stanton County, Nebraska, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Colfax County, Nebraska, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Dodge County, Nebraska, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Platte County, Nebraska, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | York 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 | Buffalo 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 | Lincoln County, Nebraska, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Logan 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 | Cedar County, Nebraska, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Antelope 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 | Thomas 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 | Cherry 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 | Sheridan County, Nebraska, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Sioux County, Nebraska, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Calhoun County, Alabama, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details |
