FIERY Skipper
Fiery Skippers are southern visitors to Ohio. Their numbers fluctuate from year to year. They have golden-orange wings with tiny black dots.
Fiery Skippers usually show up in late summer or fall. I have a few sightings in July and August, but this species is far more likely to be encountered in September or October. My latest sighting is November 9th.
Male Fiery Skippers have a distinctive two-part stigma (the two black dashes shown here).
This Fiery Skipper was sipping nectar at Huffman Prairie. These butterflies can turn up anywhere since they are migrants, but they prefer open meadows and fields.
A late season Fiery Skipper nectaring at a tiny white aster.
