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Ocola Skipper
Panoquina ocola (W.H. Edwards, 1863)
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
Identification: Forewings are long, projecting far beyond the hindwings when the butterfly is at rest. Upperside of wings is dark brown; forewing with some pale spots. Underside of hindwing is brown with no markings; female has a blue-purple iridescent sheen.
Wing Span: 1 3/8 - 1 11/16 inches (3.5 - 4.3 cm).
Life History: Flight is rapid and adults may feed while hanging upside down from flowers.
Flight: In warm summer months in the north; August-October in Arizona; throughout the year in Florida and South Texas.
Caterpillar Hosts: Rice (Oryza sativa), sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum), and trompetilla grass (Hymenachne amplexicaulis).
Adult Food: Nectar from flowers of lantana, shepherd\'s needle, swamp milkweed, buttonbush, and pickerelweed.
Habitat: Low damp fields and pastures.
Range: Resident from Paraguay north through tropical America and the West Indies to South Texas and the Deep South. Strays north to southeast Arizona, west Texas, central Missouri, Ohio, central Pennsylvania, and Long Island.
Conservation: Not usually required.
NCGR: G5 - Demonstrably secure globally, though it may be quite rare in parts of its range, especially at the periphery.
Management Needs: None reported.
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Verified Sightings
Displaying 457 - 480 of 1256 verified sightings
Observation date: Oct 09, 2015
Submitted by: midge717
Region: New Castle County, Delaware, United States
Verified by: richardhsmith
Verified date: Oct 17, 2015
Observation date: Oct 08, 2015
Submitted by: John LeBlanc
Region: Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States
Verified by: richardhsmith
Verified date: Oct 17, 2015
Observation date: Oct 05, 2015
Submitted by: Doug Bruce
Region: Henderson County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: S. J. Stedman
Verified date: Oct 13, 2015
Observation date: Sep 08, 2014
Submitted by: rob77897@gmail.com
Region: Hillsborough County, Florida, United States
Verified by: John Calhoun
Verified date: Oct 13, 2015
Observation date: Oct 06, 2015
Submitted by: Doug Bruce
Region: Fayette County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: S. J. Stedman
Verified date: Oct 13, 2015
Observation date: Sep 20, 2013
Submitted by: rob77897@gmail.com
Region: Pinellas County, Florida, United States
Verified by: John Calhoun
Verified date: Oct 13, 2015
Observation date: Oct 09, 2015
Submitted by: Doug Bruce
Region: Tipton County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: S. J. Stedman
Verified date: Oct 12, 2015
Observation date: Sep 26, 2015
Submitted by: juliereid
Region: Ontario, Canada
Verified by: rosslayberry
Verified date: Oct 08, 2015
Observation date: Oct 05, 2015
Submitted by: Doug Bruce
Region: McNairy County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: S. J. Stedman
Verified date: Oct 06, 2015
Observation date: Sep 15, 2015
Submitted by: John LeBlanc
Region: Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States
Verified by: richardhsmith
Verified date: Oct 02, 2015
Observation date: Sep 23, 2015
Submitted by: Gary The Villages
Region: Sumter County, Florida, United States
Verified by: John Calhoun
Verified date: Sep 29, 2015
Observation date: Sep 27, 2015
Submitted by: Doug Bruce
Region: Loudon County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: S. J. Stedman
Verified date: Sep 27, 2015
Observation date: Sep 11, 2015
Submitted by: betsyp
Region: New York, United States
Verified by: reutere
Verified date: Sep 12, 2015
Observation date: Sep 06, 2015
Submitted by: S. J. Stedman
Region: Stewart County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: dbruce
Verified date: Sep 09, 2015
Observation date: Sep 06, 2015
Submitted by: mellielong
Region: Hillsborough County, Florida, United States
Verified by: John Calhoun
Verified date: Sep 09, 2015
Observation date: Aug 28, 2015
Submitted by: S. J. Stedman
Region: Warren County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: dbruce
Verified date: Aug 29, 2015
Observation date: Aug 22, 2015
Submitted by: ms722
Region: Cheatham County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: S. J. Stedman
Verified date: Aug 25, 2015
Observation date: Aug 18, 2015
Submitted by: KristyBaker
Region: Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: dbruce
Verified date: Aug 20, 2015
Observation date: Jul 24, 2015
Submitted by: Ken Cheeks
Region: Bulloch County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Aug 07, 2015
Observation date: Aug 05, 2015
Submitted by: hiltnj
Region: Davidson County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: dbruce
Verified date: Aug 05, 2015
Observation date: Aug 04, 2015
Submitted by: AJ Trently
Region: Fayette County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: dbruce
Verified date: Aug 05, 2015
Observation date: Jul 18, 2015
Submitted by: Doug Bruce
Region: Clay County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: S. J. Stedman
Verified date: Jul 20, 2015
Observation date: Aug 29, 2005
Submitted by: Joe Saunders
Region: Mercer County, West Virginia, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jun 24, 2015
Observation date: Oct 31, 2004
Submitted by: cyric
Region: Wakulla County, Florida, United States
Verified by: John Calhoun
Verified date: May 18, 2015
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