Dusted Skipper
Atrytonopsis hianna (Scudder, 1868)
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
Identification: Fringes are brown with a few white spots. Upperside is gray-black; male forewing has a tiny stigma. Underside of hindwing is gray with white dusting outwardly and usually at least one white dot at the wing base. Populations on the southern Great Plains (A. h. turneri) are paler gray; those in Florida and along the southern Atlantic coast (A. h. loammi) have white spots on the hindwing undersides.
Wing Span: 1 1/4 - 1 11/16 inches (3.2 - 4.3 cm).
Life History: To watch for receptive females, males perch on or near the ground during the daytime. Caterpillars eat leaves and live in tents of silked-together leaves. Fully-grown caterpillars hibernate and pupate in a sealed nest at the base of the host plant.
Flight: One brood from May-June in the north; two broods from March-October in Florida.
Caterpillar Hosts: Little bluestem (Andropogon scoparius) and big bluestem (A. gerardi).
Adult Food: Nectar from flowers including Japanese honeysuckle, wild strawberry, blackberry, wild hyacinth, phlox, vervain, and red clover.
Habitat: Grasslands, prairies, barrens, and old fields.
Range: Local. Eastern Wyoming, central Colorado, northern New Mexico, and central Texas east to New Hampshire and Massachusetts; south to peninsular Florida and the Gulf Coast.
Conservation: Not usually required.
NCGR: G4 - Apparently secure globally, though it might be quite rare in parts of its range, especially at the periphery.
Management Needs: None reported.
Comments: NULL
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Observation date: May 10, 2013
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Region: Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States
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Observation date: Apr 28, 2012
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Region: Cleburne County, Alabama, United States
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Region: Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States
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Observation date: May 06, 2012
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Region: Menifee County, Kentucky, United States
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Observation date: May 12, 2012
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Region: Campbell County, Tennessee, United States
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Verified date: May 21, 2012
Observation date: May 19, 2012
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Region: Jackson County, Wisconsin, United States
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Region: Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States
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Verified date: Mar 31, 2012
Observation date: Jun 02, 1999
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Cathy Dodd)
Region: Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: sharonstichter2 (MBC Recordkeeper)
Verified date: Jan 01, 2012
Observation date: Jun 11, 1994
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Tom Dodd)
Region: Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
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Verified date: Jan 01, 2012
Observation date: May 29, 1992
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Lyn Lovell)
Region: Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
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Verified date: Jan 01, 2012
Observation date: Jun 06, 2005
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Erik Nielsen)
Region: Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: sharonstichter2 (MBC Recordkeeper)
Verified date: Jan 01, 2012
Observation date: Jun 10, 2001
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Erik Nielsen)
Region: Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
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Verified date: Jan 01, 2012
Observation date: Jun 09, 2010
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Sharon and Joe Stichter)
Region: Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: sharonstichter2 (MBC Recordkeeper)
Verified date: Jan 01, 2012
Observation date: May 28, 2006
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Wendy Miller #)
Region: Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: sharonstichter2 (MBC Recordkeeper)
Verified date: Jan 01, 2012
Observation date: May 30, 2009
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Madeline Champagne)
Region: Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States
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Verified date: Jan 01, 2012
Observation date: Jun 04, 2006
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (NABA (Dolores Price))
Region: Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: sharonstichter2 (MBC Recordkeeper)
Verified date: Jan 01, 2012
Observation date: Jun 04, 1994
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Brian Malcolm)
Region: Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: sharonstichter2 (MBC Recordkeeper)
Verified date: Jan 01, 2012
Observation date: Jun 29, 1993
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Richard Hildreth)
Region: Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
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Verified date: Jan 01, 2012
Observation date: May 31, 1999
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Mark Lynch + Sheilla Carrol)
Region: Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: sharonstichter2 (MBC Recordkeeper)
Verified date: Jan 01, 2012
Observation date: Jun 18, 2005
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Bob Bowker)
Region: Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States
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Verified date: Jan 01, 2012
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