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As its name suggests, Common Roadside Skipper is where you will find it, on the ground, roadsides, and in wooded areas. It is very rarely seen on flowers. This fast flying Skipper is difficult to follow.
Its wing span is only 1.8 - 3.2 cm. The colouration is black with some white spots on the forewing tip. The underside is dark brown with greyish-purple on the edges.
When searching for receptive females, males will perch on the ground or low plants in forest openings or edges, waving their antennae in small circles. Females lay eggs singly on grasses and oats; caterpillars are pale green with small raised green dots. The pale head has vertical red-brown stripes. They eat the host plant leaves, and make shelters of rolled and tied leaves. There is one generation per year in Canada.
Adult drink the nectar from low-growing blue flowers.
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COMMON ROADSIDE SKIPPER
Amblyscirtes vialis
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