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
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Observation date: Sep 28, 2019
Submitted by: John LeBlanc
Region: Henrico County, Virginia, United States
Verified by: drerbium
Verified date: Jan 01, 2021
Observation date: Oct 23, 2019
Submitted by: John LeBlanc
Region: Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States
Verified by: drerbium
Verified date: Jan 01, 2021
Observation date: Aug 05, 2020
Submitted by: John LeBlanc
Region: Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States
Verified by: drerbium
Verified date: Jan 01, 2021
Observation date: Oct 24, 2020
Submitted by: John LeBlanc
Region: Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States
Verified by: John Calhoun
Verified date: Dec 31, 2020
Observation date: Oct 14, 2020
Submitted by: John LeBlanc
Region: Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States
Verified by: John Calhoun
Verified date: Dec 31, 2020
Observation date: Oct 14, 2020
Submitted by: John LeBlanc
Region: Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States
Verified by: John Calhoun
Verified date: Dec 31, 2020
Observation date: Jul 19, 2015
Submitted by: UrsulaV
Region: Chatham County, North Carolina, United States
Verified by: Dennis Forsythe
Verified date: Dec 10, 2020
Observation date: Nov 12, 2020
Submitted by: Jeff Trahan
Region: Caddo Parish, Louisiana, United States
Verified by: CA Ivy
Verified date: Dec 09, 2020
Observation date: Jun 28, 2015
Submitted by: Carolyn Seaton
Region: Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States
Verified by: Dennis Forsythe
Verified date: Dec 09, 2020
Observation date: Sep 15, 2015
Submitted by: gunhilda
Region: Camden County, North Carolina, United States
Verified by: Dennis Forsythe
Verified date: Dec 09, 2020
Observation date: Jul 30, 2018
Submitted by: mellielong
Region: Wake County, North Carolina, United States
Verified by: Dennis Forsythe
Verified date: Dec 07, 2020
Observation date: Nov 06, 2020
Submitted by: Jeff Trahan
Region: Caddo Parish, Louisiana, United States
Verified by: CA Ivy
Verified date: Dec 07, 2020
Observation date: Jul 04, 2019
Submitted by: caw33iii
Region: Wake County, North Carolina, United States
Verified by: Dennis Forsythe
Verified date: Dec 06, 2020
Observation date: Jul 24, 2019
Submitted by: John LeBlanc
Region: Granville County, North Carolina, United States
Verified by: Dennis Forsythe
Verified date: Dec 06, 2020
Observation date: Sep 01, 2019
Submitted by: tirvine2020
Region: Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: PDeGennaro
Verified date: Nov 30, 2020
Observation date: Nov 26, 2020
Submitted by: pegreinhart
Region: St. Johns County, Florida, United States
Verified by: John Calhoun
Verified date: Nov 27, 2020
Observation date: Nov 14, 2020
Submitted by: sedges
Region: Georgia, Stephens County, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Nov 22, 2020
Observation date: Nov 14, 2020
Submitted by: Michael Weisensee
Region: Charlotte County, Florida, United States
Verified by: John Calhoun
Verified date: Nov 15, 2020
Observation date: Oct 11, 2020
Submitted by: Jonathan Clark
Region: La Salle Parish, Louisiana, United States
Verified by: CA Ivy
Verified date: Oct 17, 2020
Observation date: Sep 24, 2020
Submitted by: Dennis Forsythe
Region: Charleston County, South Carolina, United States
Verified by: Dennis Forsythe
Verified date: Sep 25, 2020
Observation date: Sep 19, 2020
Submitted by: Nick K
Region: Lake County, Indiana, United States
Verified by: Howell_Curtis
Verified date: Sep 24, 2020
Observation date: Sep 22, 2020
Submitted by: Dennis Forsythe
Region: Charleston County, South Carolina, United States
Verified by: Dennis Forsythe
Verified date: Sep 24, 2020
Observation date: Sep 16, 2020
Submitted by: Dennis Forsythe (Matthew Campbell)
Region: Abbeville County, South Carolina, United States
Verified by: Dennis Forsythe
Verified date: Sep 17, 2020
Observation date: Sep 14, 2020
Submitted by: Dennis Forsythe
Region: Charleston County, South Carolina, United States
Verified by: Dennis Forsythe
Verified date: Sep 17, 2020
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