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Dingy Skipper

Erynnis tages

13,348 observations in the source records

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 5,593, February 4,131, March 6,472, April 10,182, May 14,681, June 16,008, July 17,130, August 14,732, September 10,816, October 8,073, November 4,411, December 3,448.
United States115,678
Alaska115,675
France1,449
Italy1,324
United Kingdom1,318
England1,215
Austria961
Germany855
Nord-Ovest667
Nord-Est528

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilySkippers · Hesperiidae
GenusDuskywings · Erynnis

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