Two-spotted Skipper
Euphyes bimacula (Grote & Robinson, 1867)
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
Identification: Forewings are pointed, fringe is white. Underside of head and body are white. Upperside is dark brown; male forewing with reddish orange patch, female forewing with 2 pale spots. Underside of hindwing is orange-brown with pale veins and a white anal fold.
Wing Span: 1 1/4 - 1 5/8 inches (3.2 - 4.2 cm).
Life History: Males perch within 3 feet of the ground in sedge marshes to watch for females. Caterpillars eat leaves and live in nests of rolled or tied leaves. Half-grown caterpillars hibernate.
Flight: One brood in the north from June-July; two broods in the south from May-August.
Caterpillar Hosts: Hairyfruit sedge (Carex trichocarpa).
Adult Food: Nectar from flowers including pickerelweed, sweet pepperbush, blue flag, common milkweed, and spiraea.
Habitat: Marshes, bogs, wet streamsides, and wet sedge meadows.
Range: Northeast Colorado and western Nebraska; eastern Nebraska east to southern Quebec; southern Maine south to central Virginia; coastal plain south to Georgia; 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: Jun 30, 2011
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Jime Monroe)
Region: Forest County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: davidwright (David Wright)
Verified date: Jan 01, 2011
Observation date: Jul 12, 2011
Submitted by: davidwright (David Wright)
Region: Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: davidwright (David Wright)
Verified date: Jan 01, 2011
Observation date: Sep 05, 2009
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Dan Vickers)
Region: Camden County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap (Mike Chapman)
Verified date: Dec 31, 2010
Observation date: Sep 05, 2009
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Dan Vickers)
Region: Camden County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap (Mike Chapman)
Verified date: Dec 31, 2010
Observation date: unknown
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Verified date: Sep 06, 2010
Observation date: Jul 06, 2009
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Christian Nunes)
Region: Boulder County, Colorado, United States
Verified by: paulopler (Paul Opler)
Verified date: Aug 28, 2009
Observation date: Jul 07, 2009
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Christian Nunes)
Region: Boulder County, Colorado, United States
Verified by: paulopler (Paul Opler)
Verified date: Aug 28, 2009
Observation date: Jul 06, 2009
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Christian Nunes)
Region: Boulder County, Colorado, United States
Verified by: paulopler (Paul Opler)
Verified date: Aug 10, 2009
Observation date: Jan 01, 1997
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Pinada)
Region: Boulder County, Colorado, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Colorado Natural History Program survey)
Verified date: Jul 08, 2009
Observation date: Jun 29, 2009
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Christian Nunes)
Region: Boulder County, Colorado, United States
Verified by: paulopler (Paul Opler)
Verified date: Jul 08, 2009
Observation date: Jan 01, 2007
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Collinge)
Region: Boulder County, Colorado, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Collinge)
Verified date: Jul 08, 2009
Observation date: unknown
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Willis J. Linscheid)
Region: Watonwan County, Minnesota, United States
Verified by: Tom Middagh (Tom Middagh)
Verified date: Jan 28, 2009
Observation date: Jun 23, 2006
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Koenig, Phillip E.)
Region: Harrison County, Missouri, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Koenig, Phillip E. 2006)
Verified date: Mar 12, 2007
Observation date: unknown
Submitted by: legacy.reporter
Region: Potter County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: davidwright (David Wright)
Verified date: Jan 08, 2007
Observation date: unknown
Submitted by: legacy.reporter
Region: Johnston County, North Carolina, United States
Verified by: harrylegrand (Harry LeGrand)
Verified date: Oct 25, 2006
Observation date: Jun 18, 2006
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Ted Wilcox)
Region: Alleghany County, North Carolina, United States
Verified by: harrylegrand (Harry LeGrand)
Verified date: Oct 25, 2006
Observation date: unknown
Submitted by: legacy.reporter
Region: Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States
Verified by: harrylegrand (Harry LeGrand)
Verified date: Oct 25, 2006
Observation date: unknown
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Ted Wilcox)
Region: Ashe County, North Carolina, United States
Verified by: harrylegrand (Harry LeGrand)
Verified date: Oct 25, 2006
Observation date: unknown
Submitted by: legacy.reporter
Region: Windham County, Connecticut, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier
Verified date: Dec 31, 2004
Observation date: unknown
Submitted by: legacy.reporter
Region: Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
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Verified date: Dec 31, 2004
Observation date: unknown
Submitted by: legacy.reporter
Region: Dakota County, Minnesota, United States
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Verified date: Dec 31, 2004
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Submitted by: legacy.reporter
Region: Cortland County, New York, United States
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Verified date: Dec 31, 2004
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Region: Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Verified date: Dec 31, 2004
Observation date: unknown
Submitted by: legacy.reporter
Region: Chickasaw County, Iowa, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier
Verified date: Dec 31, 2004
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