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Crex Meadows Butterflies... Delaware Skipper
Delaware Skipper
Anatrytone logan
The Delaware Skipper bright yellow skipper of medium size.
The flight time for the Delaware skipper in Wisconsin is mainly the month of July.
The Delaware skipper has proven to be difficult to photograph, especially in open wing views. Often, this skipper is too low to the ground and hidden in the grasses when it is displaying open wings.
Picture taken July 15, 2008.
The Delaware skipper is often found near wetlands.
This Delaware was nectaring on a swamp milkweed that was very near the edge of a pond. There were other nectaring skippers including Dion skippers.
I have observed the Delaware most often alone.
Picture to the right taken July 11, 2009.
Wing span: 1 - 1 11/16 inches (2.5 - 4.3 cm).
Caterpillar hosts:Big bluestem (Andropogon gerardi), switchgrass (Panicum virgatum), and wooly beard grass (Erianthus divaricatus).
One brood per year in Wisconsin.
Habitat: Moist areas including marshes, prairies, fields.
For the Crex Meadows, Burnett county area, the Delaware skipper should not be confused with any other skipper. It is bright yellow-orange on the underside and much larger than a Least or European Skipper.
Picture taken July 19, 2009
| 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 | Anatrytone | |
| Species | logan | (Delaware Skipper) |
