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There is an uncommon dark female form, "pocahontas", is purple-black with some dull white spots on the forewing; underside is purple-black with the pattern obscured. The normal form’s upperside is duller and has less orange than the male’s yellow-orange colouring. Both sexes have irregular black borders, the female’s tends to be wider. The underside of hind wing is dark brown with a large, straw-coloured central patch. Their wingspan measures 2.4 to 3.2 cm.
Hobomok Skippers are always a welcome sign of spring, in flight from mid-May to mid-July. You can find them near woodlands, around forest edges and in small clearings in the Algonquin Highlands.
Males perch high above ground to await receptive females. Eggs are deposited singly on or near the host grass leaves, which are then eaten by the caterpillars. The larva is dark green to brown with many small black nodules that have black spines. The head is black with many white hairs.
Adult drink the nectar from flowers including Common Milkweed, and blackberry.
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HOBOMOK SKIPPER
Poanes hobomok
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