Tuesday, September 01, 2009

Correction: Female Zabulon (not Hobomok) Skipper Butterfly, Poanes zabulon, on Butterfly Bush


She skips around a mile a minute, so I felt lucky to get this shot.
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Thank you to Randy Emmitt for the correct identification--this "handyman/photographer" from Rougemont, North Carolina really knows his butterflies. Check out his blog Randy & Meg's Garden Paradise.
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6 comments:

  1. Urban Green2:05 AM

    Nice picture!

    http://theurbanbalcony.blogspot.com/

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  2. Randy Emmitt6:31 AM

    Hey good photo. This is not the Hobomok Skipper, you got pretty close though. It is a female Zabulon Skipper, Poanes zabulon they have two broods, Hobomok only has a spring brood. See my page on this butterfly at http://www.rlephoto.com/skippers_grass3/skipper_zabulon01.htm

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  3. Julia Erickson7:25 AM

    Randy,

    Thanks again for the correction and the link to that post!

    -Heirloom Gardener

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  4. Janet, The Queen of Seaford8:42 AM

    Isn't Randy nice? I like your photo, you are correct in the difficulty of capturing these busy beauties.

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  5. Alchymist5:40 PM

    Great photo! I think this is the same skipper that is currently "swarming" around the sedums coming into bloom here in Maryland. At the garden center where I work, the skippers today were competing with the bees in a feeding frenzy around the sedums.... Quite a sight!

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  6. Unknown11:33 PM

    I am a lover of the butterflies that frequent my garden because of the flowers and flowering bushes that dot the corners. They're magical and this is one I've never seen!

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