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Crex Meadows Butterflies... Long Dash Skipper
Long Dash Skipper
Polites mystic
Picture taken June 28, 2007
Picture ID as Female Long Dash 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 | Polites | |
| Species | mystic | (Long Dash Skipper) |
Picture on left identified as Male Long Dash Skipper.
Wing span: 1 1/8 - 1 1/2 inches (2.9 - 3.8 cm).
Caterpillar hosts: Bluegrasses (Poa species).
Females deposit eggs singly on or near the host plant. Caterpillars feed on leaves and live in shelters of tied leaves.
Habitat: Open, moist areas including meadows, marshes, streamsides, wood edges, and prairie swales. These photos were taken in the grasses growing on one of the dikes in Crex Meadows.
Picture taken June 28, 2007
This picture I identified on my own so there may be an error. It seemed to be the closest match in the websites I cross-referenced.
Picture taken June 20, 2007