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Crex Meadows Butterflies ... European Skipper
European Skipper
Thymelicus lineola
The European skipper is an exotic skipper butterfly introduced to the USA most likely via a shipment of Timothy grass. It has become widespread in the eastern USA.
Wing span: 1 - 1 1/8 inches (2.5 - 2.9 cm)..
Caterpillar hosts: Timothy (Phleum pratense) and other grasses.
Females lay eggs in strings on the host plant stem; the eggs overwinter and hatch the following spring. This is the only skipper known to overwinter as an egg.
Habitat: Most abundant in agricultural areas where Timothy Grass is grown for hay, but also present in just about every kind of grassy area in the range, including city parks and gardens, forest trails and clearings, marshes, bog edges, and roadsides in every habitat
Can be confused with the Least Skipper and sometimes confused with the Delaware skipper.
| Kingdom | Animalia | (Animals) |
| Phylum | Arthropoda | (Arthropods) |
| Superclass | Hexapoda | (Hexapods) |
| Class | Insecta | (Insects) |
| Subclass | Pterygota | (Winged Insects) |
| Order | Lepidoptera | (Butterflies and Moths) |
| Superfamily | Papilionoidea | (Butterflies) |
| Family | Hesperiidae | (Skippers) |
| Subfamily | Hesperiinae | (Grass Skippers) |
| Genus | Thymelicus | |
| Species | lineola | (European Skipper) |
Pictures taken June 26, 2008