Skippers look like moths, but they are actually butterflies.
First close-ish encounter with what should be a White-Checkered Skipper.
They have a stout body, and are generally quite small. Skippers are part of the large Hesperiidae family, and while they look like moths, they are actually butterflies.
Photos taken with OM 40-150mm
A gift encounter, and why Skippers are butterflies.
Today I said goodbye to a small Peck’s Skipper. She measured less than an inch.
Today, for the first time, I witnessed the hunt. I’m still feeling in all sorts of ways about it - including guilty by association.
What better place to hang out than the slightly rusted, slightly crooked driveway gate, with its formerly white slats offering easy transitions from one side to the other, and easy access to the top bar, where the flies also hang out?