Bug FAQWandering Skipper
Panoquina errans · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Hesperiidae
No source yet on danger. We have no source yet on whether it bites, stings or damages anything.
Its caterpillars eat the grass Distichlis spicata.
Source: Wikipedia
What it eats
The larvae feed on Distichlis spicata.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
It occurs in Mexico and the United States.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 1 of 51 states and DC. Most records: California.
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Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Months it is reported in the US
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Source: GBIF
More photos
Same family (Hesperiidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandering_skipper
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Text written 2026-10-24 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-24.