Daily Archives: August 4, 2015

Epargyreus clarus (Silver-spotted Skipper)

<em>Epargyreus clarus</em> (Silver-spotted Skipper)

Epargyreus clarus (Silver-spotted Skipper)

This is one of the larger skippers and is quite conspicuous because of the bright, white streak on the hind wings, visible when it is at rest. It is a harder thing to get a picture of than the smaller skippers, being more shy to being approached. Even this picture isn’t everything I could have wanted, but I suppose it’s good enough. The bees on the mountain mint, all around where I was standing when I took this, were quite thick. I wish I could take a picture to show you how many of them there are, but to show the whole area, I need to get far enough away that the bees are too small. It’s the motion that I really love.

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