Kebnat
INSECTS

Dun Skipper

Euphyes vestris

Insects
Native
Dun Skipper, photo 1 of 5
Dun Skipper, Caterpillar
Dun Skipper, Male

Butterfly or moth in the family Hesperiidae. Lives in fields and near water.

There are 520 observations of Dun Skipper in Québec, mostly in Outaouais, Montérégie and Estrie, and it has been reported in every region. They peak in July.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Outaouais209
  2. Montérégie67
  3. Estrie44
  4. Laurentides37
  5. Montréal35
  6. Mauricie27
  7. Lanaudière22
  8. Abitibi-Témiscamingue20
  9. Capitale-Nationale16
  10. Centre-du-Québec11
  11. Chaudière-Appalaches7
  12. Nord-du-Québec5
  13. Bas-Saint-Laurent5
  14. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean5
  15. Laval4
  16. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine3
  17. Côte-Nord3

Habitat

ForestMario Hains
FieldsFélix Mathieu-Bégin
Water’s edgepeupleloup

What the caterpillar eats

Hairy sedgeCarex lacustris
TOXIC
Yellow nutsedgeCyperus esculentus

Similar species

Little GlassywingVernia verna
Northern Broken-DashPolites egeremet
Crossline SkipperLimochores origenes
Tawny-edged SkipperPolites themistocles
Common Roadside-SkipperAmblyscirtes vialis
Two-spotted SkipperEuphyes bimacula
Hobomok SkipperLon hobomok
Broad-winged SkipperPoanes viator
Peck's SkipperPolites peckius
Northern CloudywingCecropterus pylades