Bug FAQYehl Skipper
Poanes yehl · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Hesperiidae
The Yehl Skipper’s wingspan ranges from about 34 to 45 mm. Adults are bright orange on the upperside with wide dark borders; females have dark-brown hindwing undersides while males are orange, and both sexes show three to five pale median spots. Adults sip nectar from flowers such as sweet pepperbush, chinquapin, pickerelweed and swamp milkweed, and the larvae probably feed on Arundinaria species.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
Females have dark-brown hindwing undersides while males have orange ones. Both sexes display three to five pale median spots.
Source: Wikipedia
Size
Wingspan measures 34 to 45 mm.
Source: Wikipedia
What it eats
Larvae probably feed on Arundinaria species.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 16 of 51 states and DC. Most records: North Carolina, Florida, South Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, Kentucky, Texas, Louisiana.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in United States. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
More photos
Same family (Hesperiidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poanes_yehl
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