Quite variable in both size and appearance, Broad-winged Skippers are usually large and can be quite common in some coastal areas in NC. Authors who state this species is a weak flyer have never seen them zip around the areas near Phragmites in NC, where it can fly strong and fast! That said, there are times when they do fly lazily through tall marsh grasses. Broadwings have two broods in NC and fly from late Spring into Fall.
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator) Eagle Nest Lake Unit, San Bernard NWR, Brazoria Co., TX 25 Mar 2018 |
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator) Eagle Nest Lake Unit, San Bernard NWR, Brazoria Co., TX 25 Mar 2018 |
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator) Brazos Bend S.P., Brazoria Co., TX 25 Mar 2018 |
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator) Eagle Nest Lake, Brazoria Co., TX 24 Apr 2018 |
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Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator) Eagle Nest Lake, Brazoria Co., TX 24 Apr 2018 |
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator) Eagle Nest Lake, Brazoria Co., TX 24 Apr 2018 |
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator) Lanark Co., Ottawa 13 July 2018 |
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator) Prescott-Russell Co., Ottawa 16 July 2018 |
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator) Bodie Island, Dare Co., NC 4 Sep 2023 Same individual with different lighting. Both shot with natural light and no flash. |
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator) Bodie Island, Dare Co., NC 4 Sep 2023 |
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator) Bodie Island, Dare Co., NC 4 Sep 2023 |
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator) Bodie Island, Dare Co., NC 4 Sep 2023 Different angles of same individual |
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator) Bodie Island, Dare Co., NC 4 Sep 2023 |
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator) Bodie Island, Dare Co., NC 4 Sep 2023 |
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator) Bodie Island, Dare Co., NC 4 Sep 2023 |
The next 6 photos represent the first documented Broad-winged Skipper colony from the NC piedmont, discovered by Parker Backstrom, Harry LeGrand, and myself near a large stand of Southern Wild Rice (Zizaniopsis miliacea) along the upper Cape Fear River.
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator) Chatham Co., NC 26 September 2004 |
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator) Chatham Co., NC 26 September 2004 |
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator) Chatham Co., NC 26 September 2004 |
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator), Male Chatham Co., NC 17 Sep 2005 |
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator), Male Brunswick Co., NC 31 May 2004 |
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator), Female Brunswick Co., NC 31 May 2004 |
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator) Brunswick Co., NC 31 May 2004 |
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator) Brunswick Co., NC 31 May 2004 |
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator) Brunswick Co., NC 28 May 2003 |
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator) Brunswick Co., NC 31 May 2004 |
This poor individual seems to have its forewing out of position and stuck outside its hindwing. | ||
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator) Brunswick Co., NC 28 May 2003 |
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator) Brunswick Co., NC 31 May 2004 |
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator) Dare Co., NC 16 Sep 2006 |
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator), Male Dare Co., NC 16 Sep 2006 |
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator) Chatham Co., NC 24 Sep 2005 |
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator) Tyrrell Co., NC 1 June 2007 |
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator) Alligator River NWR, Dare Co., NC 2 Oct 2005 |
This Broad-winged is nectaring on the dreaded exotic invasive Chinese Tallow Tree (Sapium sebiferum). (Thanks to Harry LeGrand for confirming the tree ID!) |
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator) York Co., VA 20 Aug 2013 |
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator) York Co., VA 20 Aug 2013 |
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator) York Co., VA 27 Aug 2013 |
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator) Dutchess Co., NY 4 Aug 2008 |
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator) St. Clair Co., MI 7 July 2012 |
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator) St. Clair Co., MI 7 July 2012 |
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator) St. Clair Co., MI 7 July 2012 |
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator) St. Clair Co., MI 7 July 2012 |
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator) St. Clair Co., MI 7 July 2012 |
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator) St. Clair Co., MI 7 July 2012 |
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator) St. Clair Co., MI 7 July 2012 |
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator) St. Clair Co., MI 7 July 2012 |
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator) St. Clair Co., MI 7 July 2012 |
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator) St. Clair Co., MI 7 July 2012 |
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator) St. Clair Co., MI 7 July 2012 |
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator) St. Clair Co., MI 7 July 2012 |
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator) St. Clair Co., MI 7 July 2012 Check out the little, flower-colored inchworm investigating the butterfly! |
A lone Mulberry Wing ((Poanes massasoit) shares some Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) with a pile of Broad-winged Skippers (Poanes viator) St. Clair Co., MI 7 July 2012 |
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