Kebnat
INSECTS

Broad-winged Skipper

Poanes viator

Insects
Native
Broad-winged Skipper, Adult
Broad-winged Skipper, photo 2 of 5
Broad-winged Skipper, Adult

Butterfly or moth in the family Hesperiidae.

There are 39 observations of Broad-winged Skipper in Québec, mostly in Montérégie, Outaouais and Lanaudière, and it has been reported in 6 of the 17 regions. They peak in July.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Montérégie16
  2. Outaouais16
  3. Lanaudière2
  4. Estrie2
  5. Montréal2
  6. Laurentides1

What the caterpillar eats

Hairy sedgeCarex lacustris
Common reedPhragmites australis
Annual wildriceZizania aquatica
Beaked sedgeCarex rostrata

Similar species

Dion SkipperEuphyes dion
Hobomok SkipperLon hobomok
Peck's SkipperPolites peckius
Mulberry WingPoanes massasoit
Silver-spotted SkipperEpargyreus clarus
Least SkipperAncyloxypha numitor
Dun SkipperEuphyes vestris
Tawny-edged SkipperPolites themistocles
Long DashLimochores mystic
Crossline SkipperLimochores origenes
Northern Broken-DashPolites egeremet
Delaware SkipperAnatrytone logan