Dorantes Longtail

[almo]

Dorantes Longtail (Urbanus dorantes)

NE Florida...

[paulnj]

Dude that moth? is bang'in looking !

[almo]

Dude that moth? is bang'in looking !

Thanks Paul!

It's a skipper.

[paulnj]

AH, we get alot of silver-spotted skippers here

[SmartWombat]

It's a skipper.

Interesting, all the skipper species here in the UK hold their wings like K that.
Hindwings flas, forewings at 45 degrees to horizontal.

This skipper is different it seems, as all the wings are at 45 degrees.

[paulnj]

I am not a bug guy, though they do have wings usually...HMMMMM ;)

Is this a silver spotted skipper by any chance? My birding buddy always talks about them on his butterfly bush .

[almo]

I am not a bug guy, though they do have wings usually...HMMMMM ;)

Is this a silver spotted skipper by any chance? My birding buddy always talks about them on his butterfly bush .

I'm not really sure what you have there, sorta the LBJ of the butterfly world, but it ain't the Silver-spotted Skipper, (Epargyreus clarus)...

http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/d...usa/sc/607.htm

[paulnj]

LBJ or not.... It pretty perty with silver spots ;)

IS THIS A SILVER SPOTTED SKIPPER THEN?

I sent there first image to 2 friends for ID. If that fails, my cousin will ID it ;)

[almo]

LBJ or not.... It pretty perty with silver spots ;)

IS THIS A SILVER SPOTTED SKIPPER THEN?

I sent there first image to 2 friends for ID. If that fails, my cousin will ID it ;)

Well if you had looked at the link I put up you would have seen that this indeed is a Silver-Spotted Skipper...

[paulnj]

I did look at the link skippy I figure if 3 species of crow look alike, why not 2 skippers?

[paulnj]

Is my flutterby a Aphrodite Fritillary (Speyeria aphrodite) maybe? I think so(no a great spangled due to missing the forewing spot)

[schrackman]

Here's a California species that I shot last year. Not sure which species it is, so perhaps someone can help to identify it.

[SmartWombat]

Now that is more like our skippers
Same orange/brown colours, same habit with the hindwings flat and forewings at 45 degrees.

Can't identify US species though, worry.

[almo]

Is my flutterby a Aphrodite Fritillary (Speyeria aphrodite) maybe? I think so(no a great spangled due to missing the forewing spot)

Speyeria aphrodite, is what I was leaning toward, but I was tired when I looked it up. I am confidant in saying it is now.

[almo]

Here's a California species that I shot last year. Not sure which species it is, so perhaps someone can help to identify it.

Looks like you have a, Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus).

[paulnj]

Cool image Ray!