Long-tailed Skipper Urbanus proteus (Linnaeus, 1758)    Synonyms: Bean Leafroller, Hodges #3886.
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Lepidoptera   >   Family Hesperiidae   >   Genus Urbanus   

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Long-tailed Skipper is a rare but annual autumn vagrant to Maryland.

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Host plants include various species of peas including American Hog Peanut.

There are 96 records in the project database.

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A vagrant Long-tailed Skipper on Assateague Island, Maryland (10/13/2012). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

A vagrant Long-tailed Skipper on Assateague Island, Maryland (10/13/2012). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

A Long-tailed Skipper in Baltimore Co., Maryland (9/1/2012). Photo by Mark Johnson. (MBP list)

A Long-tailed Skipper in Howard Co., Maryland (9/15/2018). Photo by Kevin Heffernan. (MBP list)

A Long-tailed Skipper in Worcester Co., Maryland (9/24/2019). Photo by Daniel Taylor. (MBP list)

A Long-tailed Skipper in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (10/4/2016). Photo by Mark Johnson. (MBP list)

A Long-tailed Skipper in Calvert Co., Maryland (10/21/2017). Photo by Joe Wolf. (MBP list)

A Long-tailed Skipper in Calvert Co., Maryland (10/1/2017). Photo by Mikey Lutmerding. (MBP list)

A Long-tailed Skipper in Howard Co., Maryland (9/20/2012). Photo by Bonnie Ott. (MBP list)

A Long-tailed Skipper in Cecil Co., Maryland (10/3/2018). Photo by Shannon Schade. (MBP list)

Long-tailed Skipper in Worcester Co., Maryland (9/24/2020). (c) rketter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by rketter via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A Long-tailed Skipper in Calvert Co., Maryland (9/20/2020). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

A Long-tailed Skipper in Calvert Co., Maryland (10/14/2019). Photo by Jim Stasz. (MBP list)

A Long-tailed Skipper in Kent Co., Maryland (9/2/2008). Photo by Nancy Martin. (MBP list)

Long-tailed Skipper in Harford Co., Maryland (9/8/2019). (c) apistopanchax, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

A Long-tailed Skipper in Calvert Co., Maryland (9/8/2019). Photo by Jason Avery. (MBP list)

A Long-tailed Skipper in Howard Co., Maryland (10/18/2018). Photo by Jim Wilkinson. (MBP list)


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