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Anatrytone logan
Delaware Skipper
Florida native
Delaware skippers can be seen from February through November in a wide variety of habitats throughout Florida. The range extends through much of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains and slightly into Canada.
These small butterflies have a wingspan of 2.5-4cm (1 to 1-1/2 in.). The wings are a bright golden orange. The upper sides of the wings have dark veins and black bands on the margins, darker and wider on females. Caterpillars are bluish-white, long and slender with a black and white striped head and the tail end of the abdomen black. The chrysalis is slender, greenish-white and black at both ends.
Adults feed on the nectar of a wide variety of wildflowers, showing a preference for white and pink flowers. A member of the subfamily of grass skippers (Hesperiinae), the preferred host plants are Big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii), swichgrass (Panicum virgatum) and in the Florida panhandle northward silver plumegrass (Saccharum alopecuroides). Larvae are known to wrap a blade of grass around themselves for protection.
Anatrytone logan is a member of the Hesperiidae - Skippers family.
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Bugguide.net page for this species
Date record last modified: Jan 12, 2020
