Broad-winged Skipper Poanes viator (W.H. Edwards, 1865)Coastal Plain only    Synonyms: Broadwing Skipper.
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Lepidoptera   >   Family Hesperiidae   >   Genus Poanes   

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Host plant: Common Reed, Annual Wildrice, Giant Cutgrass (Cech and Tudor,2005). Inland Broad-winged Skippers may also use Hairy Sedge (Ethridge, 1998).

There are 330 records in the project database.

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A Broad-winged Skipper in Calvert Co., Maryland (6/23/2018). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

Broad-winged Skipper in Kent Co., Maryland (7/2/2020). (c) Judy Gallagher, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Judy Gallagher. (MBP list)

A Broad-winged Skipper on Common Buttonbush in Dorchester Co., Maryland (7/4/2015). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

A Broad-winged Skipper in Baltimore City, Maryland (7/19/2014). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

A Broad-winged Skipper in Prince Georges Co., Maryland (7/18/2015). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

A Broad-winged Skipper in Kent Co., Maryland (6/22/2013). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

A Broad-winged Skipper in Kent Co., Maryland (6/22/2013). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

A Broad-winged Skipper in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (9/23/2012). Photo by Annette Allor. (MBP list)

A Broad-winged Skipper in Talbot Co., Maryland (6/25/2018). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

Broad-winged Skipper in Kent Co., Maryland (7/2/2016). (c) Judy Gallagher, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Judy Gallagher. (MBP list)

A Broad-winged Skipper in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/26/2015). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

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

Broad-winged Skipper in Somerset Co., Maryland (6/25/2022). (c) Jonathan Irons, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Jonathan Irons. (MBP list)

A Broad-winged Skipper in Harford Co., Maryland (6/20/2017). Photo by John Rinker. (MBP list)

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

A Broad-winged Skipper in Baltimore Co., Maryland (7/13/2020). Photo by Frode Jacobsen. (MBP list)

Broad-winged Skipper in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/22/2019). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

A Broad-winged Skipper in Baltimore City, Maryland (7/9/2011). Confirmed by Dick Smith/BAMONA. Photo by Thomas Wilson. (MBP list)

A Broad-winged Skipper in Worcester Co., Maryland (9/20/2013). Verified by William Edwards/BugGuide. Photo by Scott Housten. (MBP list)

A Broad-winged Skipper in Howard Co., Maryland (7/7/2018). Photo by Kevin Heffernan. (MBP list)

Broad-winged Skipper in Dorchester Co., Maryland (7/2/2023). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Emilio Concari. (MBP list)

Broad-winged Skipper in Kent Co., Maryland (6/30/2020). (c) rborchelt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by rborchelt via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

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

A Broad-winged Skipper in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/24/2015). Photo by Scott Housten. (MBP list)

A Broad-winged Skipper in Talbot Co., Maryland (8/4/2013). Photo by Jared Satchell. (MBP list)


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