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  Sighting 1097825

Ocola Skipper
Panoquina ocola

Observation date: August 20, 2016
Submitted by: Anne Wills
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Hot and humid, about 85 degrees, sunny with high cumulus. The butterfly was flitting among these flowers, at about eye level, beside the boardwalk along the edge of the marsh. This is a very weedy, overgrown section of the swamp, near thick trees and vines.
Status: Migrant
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: August 21, 2016
Coordinator notes: None.
Checklist region(s): United States, West Virginia, Mason County

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