Fiery Skipper Hylephila phyleus (Drury, 1773)    Synonyms: Hodges #4013.
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Lepidoptera   >   Family Hesperiidae   >   Genus Hylephila   

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Host plants include Bermudagrass (Cech and Tudor, 2005), various species of crabgrass, lovegrass, and bluegrass.

There are 842 records in the project database.

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A Fiery Skipper in Frederick Co., Maryland (9/29/2018). Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

A Fiery Skipper in Dorchester Co., Maryland (9/22/2018). Photo by Jim Moore. (MBP list)

A Fiery Skipper in Howard Co., Maryland (9/27/2013). Photo by Annette Allor. (MBP list)

A Fiery Skipper in Howard Co., Maryland (7/25/2015). Photo by Kevin Heffernan. (MBP list)

A Fiery Skipper in Talbot Co., Maryland (9/23/2019). Photo by Jim Moore. (MBP list)

A Fiery Skipper in Harford Co., Maryland (8/14/2017). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

A Fiery Skipper in Kent Co., Maryland (9/30/2007). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

A Fiery Skipper in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (10/7/2015). Photo by Bonnie Ott. (MBP list)

A Fiery Skipper in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/23/2011). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

A Fiery Skipper in Baltimore Co., Maryland (8/25/2019). Photo by Emilio Concari. (MBP list)

A Fiery Skipper in Baltimore City, Maryland (8/24/2006). Determined by Tom Murray/BugGuide. Photo by Thomas Wilson. (MBP list)

A Fiery Skipper in Howard Co., Maryland (8/30/2017). Photo by Bonnie Ott. (MBP list)

A Fiery Skipper in Cecil Co., Maryland (9/30/2007). Photo by Walter Ellison. (MBP list)

Fiery Skipper in Howard Co., Maryland (9/28/2019). (c) Judy Gallagher, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Judy Gallagher. (MBP list)

Fiery Skipper in Baltimore Co., Maryland (2/3/2016). Photo by Frode Jacobsen. (MBP list)

A Fiery Skipper in Howard Co., Maryland (9/17/2012). Photo by Nancy Magnusson. (MBP list)

Fiery Skipper in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (7/29/2021). (c) Jonathan Irons, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Jonathan Irons. (MBP list)

Fiery Skipper in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/23/2015). (c) botanygirl, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by botanygirl via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Fiery Skipper in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/30/2017). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

A Fiery Skipper in Worcester Co., Maryland (9/7/2013). Photo by Scott Housten. (MBP list)

Fiery Skipper in Baltimore Co., Maryland (9/12/2019). (c) apistopanchax, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

Fiery Skipper in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/28/2019). (c) Stephen John Davies, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Stephen John Davies via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Fiery Skipper in Howard Co., Maryland (8/20/2019). (c) jrcagle, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by jrcagle via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A Fiery Skipper in Howard Co., Maryland (9/17/2015). Photo by Jim Wilkinson. (MBP list)

Fiery Skipper in Montgomery Co., Maryland (6/18/2020). (c) Stephen John Davies, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Stephen John Davies via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Fiery Skipper in Worcester Co., Maryland (10/28/2013). Photo by Scott Housten. (MBP list)

Fiery Skipper in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/24/2019). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

A Fiery Skipper on butterfly bush at Fort Smallwood Park in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/16/2014). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

A Fiery Skipper collected in Frederick Co., Maryland (8/20/2000). Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)


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