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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Observation date: Aug 31, 2012
Submitted by: Tom Raub
Region: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: davidwright
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Observation date: Aug 25, 2013
Submitted by: Tom Raub
Region: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Observation date: Sep 06, 2014
Submitted by: Tom Raub
Region: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Observation date: Aug 08, 2015
Submitted by: Tom Raub
Region: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Observation date: Oct 22, 2015
Submitted by: Tom Raub
Region: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Observation date: Aug 22, 2016
Submitted by: Tom Raub
Region: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Observation date: Oct 20, 2016
Submitted by: Tom Raub
Region: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Observation date: Sep 16, 2017
Submitted by: Tom Raub
Region: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Verified date: Oct 30, 2023
Observation date: Oct 28, 2017
Submitted by: Tom Raub
Region: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Verified date: Oct 30, 2023
Observation date: Aug 27, 2018
Submitted by: Tom Raub
Region: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: davidwright
Verified date: Oct 30, 2023
Observation date: Oct 12, 2018
Submitted by: Tom Raub
Region: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Verified date: Oct 30, 2023
Observation date: Sep 20, 2023
Submitted by: Charlie Doggett
Region: Costa Rica
Verified by: Charlie Doggett
Verified date: Oct 21, 2023
Observation date: Oct 05, 2023
Submitted by: PAbirder
Region: Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: davidwright
Verified date: Oct 07, 2023
Observation date: Oct 04, 2023
Submitted by: Beth Polvino
Region: Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Verified date: Oct 06, 2023
Observation date: Oct 01, 2023
Submitted by: hockeybruce7
Region: Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Verified date: Oct 05, 2023
Observation date: Sep 25, 2023
Submitted by: datilson
Region: Clarke County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Oct 05, 2023
Observation date: Sep 25, 2023
Submitted by: datilson
Region: Clarke County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Oct 05, 2023
Observation date: Sep 25, 2023
Submitted by: datilson
Region: Clarke County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Oct 05, 2023
Observation date: Oct 03, 2023
Submitted by: rconnorsphoto
Region: Coffee County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: James Steen
Verified date: Oct 04, 2023
Observation date: Sep 20, 2023
Submitted by: datilson
Region: Clarke County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Sep 25, 2023
Observation date: Sep 10, 2023
Submitted by: Alison Davies
Region: Lexington County, South Carolina, United States
Verified by: Dennis Forsythe
Verified date: Sep 11, 2023
Observation date: Aug 26, 2023
Submitted by: hockeybruce7
Region: Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: davidwright
Verified date: Aug 31, 2023
Observation date: Aug 29, 2023
Submitted by: Alison Davies
Region: Lexington County, South Carolina, United States
Verified by: Dennis Forsythe
Verified date: Aug 30, 2023
Observation date: Aug 21, 2023
Submitted by: Cameala
Region: Juniata County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: davidwright
Verified date: Aug 23, 2023
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