Common Branded Skipper (Hesperia comma)

Widespread in northern and western North America from New England to Alaska south to California and New Mexico.
Common Branded Skipper (Hesperia comma) Common Branded Skipper (Hesperia comma)
Below Mt. Baldy, Missoula Co., MT
30 June 2014

Male on right, female on left


Common Branded Skipper (Hesperia comma) Common Branded Skipper (Hesperia comma)
Common Branded Skipper (Hesperia comma)
Whaley Draw near Mt. Baldy, Missoula Co., MT
25 June 2014
Common Branded Skipper (Hesperia comma)
Whaley Draw near Mt. Baldy, Missoula Co., MT
25 June 2014

Common Branded Skipper (Hesperia comma) Common Branded Skipper (Hesperia comma)
Common Branded Skipper (Hesperia comma)
Whaley Draw below Mt. Baldy, Missoula Co., MT
25 June 2014
Common Branded Skipper (Hesperia comma)
Whaley Draw below Mt. Baldy, Missoula Co., MT
25 June 2014

Common Branded Skipper (Hesperia comma) Common Branded Skipper (Hesperia comma)
Common Branded Skipper (Hesperia comma)
Bitterroot floodplain below Mt. Baldy, Missoula Co., MT
29 June 2014
Common Branded Skipper (Hesperia comma)
Bitterroot floodplain below Mt. Baldy, Missoula Co., MT
29 June 2014

Common Branded Skipper (Hesperia comma) Common Branded Skipper (Hesperia comma)
Common Branded Skipper (Hesperia comma)
Whaley Draw below Mt. Baldy, Missoula Co., MT
30 June 2014
Common Branded Skipper (Hesperia comma)
Whaley Draw below Mt. Baldy, Missoula Co., MT
30 June 2014

Common Branded Skipper (Hesperia comma) Common Branded Skipper (Hesperia comma) Common Branded Skipper (Hesperia comma)
Woodchuck Creek, Missoula Co., MT
15 June 2015

#7777
Common Branded Skipper (Hesperia comma)
Woodchuck Creek, Missoula Co., MT
26 June 2015

#8539
Common Branded Skipper (Hesperia comma)
Davis Creek, Missoula Co., MT
1 July 2015
#8549
Common Branded Skipper (Hesperia comma)
Davis Creek, Missoula Co., MT
1 July 2015

#8561
Common Branded Skipper (Hesperia comma)
Davis Creek, Missoula Co., MT
1 July 2015

#8566
Common Branded Skipper (Hesperia comma)
Davis Creek, Missoula Co., MT
1 July 2015
#8584
Common Branded Skipper (Hesperia comma)
Davis Creek, Missoula Co., MT
1 July 2015

#8517
Common Branded Skipper (Hesperia comma)
Davis Creek, Missoula Co., MT
1 July 2015
#8545
Common Branded Skipper (Hesperia comma)
Davis Creek, Missoula Co., MT
1 July 2015


Below are Common Branded Skippers from Quebec
Common Branded Skipper (Hesperia comma laurentina)
Common Branded Skipper (Hesperia comma laurentina)
Reserva Faunique Mastigouche, Quebec
5 Aug 2005

same Common Branded Skipper with a blurry Peck's Skipper (Polites peckius)
Reserva Faunique Mastigouche, Quebec
5 Aug 2005


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