Polites peckius (Peck’s Skipper)

Photograph taken by on Thursday, August 28, 2014
<em>Polites peckius</em> (Peck's Skipper)

Polites peckius (Peck’s Skipper)

The sun was hot today and the insect activity out back was intense. On the mountain mint (Pycnanthemum muticum) there were bees and wasps of all descriptions. Out in the middle of the yard, on the patch of purple vervain (Verbena bonariensis) there were dozens, if not hundreds of skippers and a handful of cabbage whites (Pieris rapae). This is a Peck’s skipper (Polites peckius) that let me get close enough for a pretty good portrait.

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