Attributes of Problema byssus
Byssus Skipper
Problema byssus (W.H. Edwards, 1880)
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
Identification: Upperside is bright yellow-orange with black borders and a black bar at the end of the cell. Females are much darker than males. Underside of hindwing is dull yellow in males and rust or orange in females; both with a band of pale spots.
Wing Span: 1 7/16 - 1 13/16 inches (3.7 - 4.6 cm).
Life History: Females lay eggs singly on host plant leaves. Caterpillars live in shelters of rolled or tied leaves, feed on leaves, and overwinter in their fourth stage of development. After completing their growth in the spring, the caterpillars pupate in dense silk cocoons in litter at the base of the host plant.
Flight: One brood from June-July in the Midwest; two broods from April-October along the Atlantic Coast.
Caterpillar Hosts: Eastern grama grass (Tripsacum dactyloides).
Adult Food: Nectar from flowers including pickerelweed.
Habitat: Tall-grass prairie in the Midwest, edges of coastal marshes along the Atlantic Coast.
Range: Along the Atlantic coastal plain from North Carolina south to Florida and the Gulf States; and in the Midwest from northern Indiana west to Iowa and south to Missouri and Kansas.
Conservation: Populations should be conserved wherever found.
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: Extirpation of local populations should be avoided by avoiding or limiting the use of fire as a management tool.
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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July 29, 2012 | CA Ivy | Adair County, Oklahoma, United States | April 24, 2013 | Details |
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June 01, 2012 | Brett Budach | Miami County, Kansas, United States | April 07, 2013 | Details |
| May 19, 2012 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Bibb County, Alabama, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| June 02, 2012 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Bibb County, Alabama, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| June 03, 2012 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Cleburne County, Alabama, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| June 09, 2012 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Bibb 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 26, 2012 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Bibb County, Alabama, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| September 15, 2012 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Bibb County, Alabama, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
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June 13, 2012 | jrfleullan | Jones County, Georgia, United States | November 27, 2012 | Details |
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June 30, 2009 | lfelliott | Boone County, Missouri, United States | July 11, 2012 | Details |
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July 08, 2011 | Shane Patterson | Lucas County, Iowa, United States | April 25, 2012 | Details |
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July 10, 2011 | Doug Taron | Cook County, Illinois, United States | October 05, 2011 | Details |
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September 08, 2011 | jarap | Jones County, Georgia, United States | September 12, 2011 | Details |
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June 15, 2011 | Martin Reid | Fannin County, Texas, United States | August 15, 2011 | Details |
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August 28, 2010 | Lois Stacey (Lois Stacey) | Aiken County, South Carolina, United States | March 02, 2011 | Details |
| September 11, 2011 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Cleburne County, Alabama, United States | January 01, 2011 | Details | |
| September 29, 2009 | legacy.reporter (Pierre Howard) | Camden County, Georgia, United States | December 31, 2010 | Details | |
| June 05, 2010 | Lois Stacey (Lois Stacey) | McDuffie County, Georgia, United States | December 31, 2010 | Details | |
| September 29, 2009 | legacy.reporter (Pierre Howard) | Camden County, Georgia, United States | December 31, 2010 | Details | |
| June 05, 2010 | Lois Stacey (Lois Stacey) | McDuffie County, Georgia, United States | December 31, 2010 | Details | |
| June 07, 2010 | Ken Davenport (Ken Davenport) | Crawford County, Arkansas, United States | December 31, 2010 | Details | |
| June 05, 2010 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Bibb County, Alabama, United States | August 03, 2010 | Details | |
| June 19, 2010 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Hale County, Alabama, United States | August 03, 2010 | Details | |
| June 10, 2010 | legacy.reporter (Roy Brown) | Dougherty County, Georgia, United States | August 03, 2010 | Details | |
| August 24, 1992 | rickypatterson (Ricky Patterson) | Jackson County, Mississippi, United States | August 02, 2010 | Details | |
| June 07, 2000 | rickypatterson (Ricky Patterson) | Chickasaw County, Mississippi, United States | August 02, 2010 | Details | |
| August 16, 2008 | rickypatterson (Ricky Patterson) | Attala County, Mississippi, United States | August 02, 2010 | Details | |
| June 13, 2009 | Lois Stacey (Lois Stacey) | Burke County, Georgia, United States | September 24, 2009 | Details | |
| August 24, 2008 | legacy.reporter (Bill Berthet) | Clay County, Florida, United States | August 07, 2009 | Details | |
| August 17, 2008 | legacy.reporter (Bill Berthet) | Clay County, Florida, United States | August 07, 2009 | Details | |
| August 24, 2008 | legacy.reporter (Bill Berthet) | Clay County, Florida, United States | August 07, 2009 | Details | |
| May 30, 2009 | legacy.reporter (Pierre Howard) | McIntosh County, Georgia, United States | July 06, 2009 | Details | |
| September 02, 2004 | legacy.reporter (Nelson, John M. & Fisher, John) | Atoka County, Oklahoma, United States | April 03, 2009 | Details | |
| June 29, 2002 | legacy.reporter (Gerard, Walter) | Cherokee County, Oklahoma, United States | April 03, 2009 | Details | |
| June 29, 2007 | legacy.reporter (Pruett, Jay) | Craig County, Oklahoma, United States | April 03, 2009 | Details | |
| June 30, 2006 | legacy.reporter (Nelson, John M. & Fisher, John) | Delaware County, Oklahoma, United States | April 03, 2009 | Details | |
| June 17, 2002 | legacy.reporter (Ruby, Susie) | Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States | April 03, 2009 | Details | |
| July 03, 2006 | legacy.reporter (Williams, Ken) | Nowata County, Oklahoma, United States | April 03, 2009 | Details | |
| June 14, 2006 | legacy.reporter (Fisher, John) | Rogers County, Oklahoma, United States | April 03, 2009 | Details | |
| July 01, 2004 | legacy.reporter (Thayer, Jim) | Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States | April 03, 2009 | Details | |
| September 20, 2008 | legacy.reporter (Will Cook) | Chatham County, North Carolina, United States | January 28, 2009 | Details | |
| June 15, 2008 | legacy.reporter (Randy Emmitt) | Bladen County, North Carolina, United States | January 28, 2009 | Details | |
| June 11, 2001 | legacy.reporter (Charles A. Ely) | Garland County, Arkansas, United States | October 20, 2008 | Details | |
| July 18, 1999 | legacy.reporter (D. Rudolf & C. Ely) | Hot Spring County, Arkansas, United States | October 20, 2008 | Details | |
| June 11, 2001 | legacy.reporter (D. Craig Rudolph) | Montgomery County, Arkansas, United States | October 20, 2008 | Details | |
| June 06, 2001 | legacy.reporter (Charles A. Ely) | Perry County, Arkansas, United States | October 20, 2008 | Details | |
| June 05, 2000 | legacy.reporter (D. Rudolf & C. Ely) | Scott County, Arkansas, United States | October 20, 2008 | Details | |
| July 02, 2008 | MaryAnn Friedman (MaryAnn Friedman) | Santa Rosa County, Florida, United States | September 24, 2008 | Details | |
| June 09, 2008 | legacy.reporter | Horry County, South Carolina, United States | August 07, 2008 | Details |
