Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1073108

Sandhill Skipper
Polites sabuleti

Observation date: October 20, 2015
Submitted by: Josiah Gilbert
Specimen type: Photograph
Collection location: Josiah Gilbert (personal collection)
Observation notes: Male. Collected in the lakebed, which is dry because of the drought. Male. A few. These tend to fly in a different type of vegetation in the lake bed than the field skippers. I found these on every trip I took to the lake from August 28th to October 20th. I probably overlooked them on my field trip on August 21st. They were absent when I visited the lake on November 7th. As of yet, I have never found this species in numbers anywhere else in SLO County.
Status: Resident
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: December 30, 2015
Coordinator notes: None.