Kebnat
INSECTS

Tawny-edged Skipper

Polites themistocles

Insects
Native
Tawny-edged Skipper, photo 1 of 5
Tawny-edged Skipper, Male
Tawny-edged Skipper, Female
19–25 mmWingspan

Butterfly or moth in the family Hesperiidae with a wingspan of 19–25 mm. Lives in fields and near water.

There are 246 observations of Tawny-edged Skipper in Québec, mostly in Outaouais, Laurentides and Capitale-Nationale, and it has been reported in 14 of the 17 regions. They peak in June and July and become rare from September to May.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Outaouais72
  2. Laurentides48
  3. Capitale-Nationale21
  4. Bas-Saint-Laurent17
  5. Lanaudière14
  6. Estrie14
  7. Abitibi-Témiscamingue13
  8. Montérégie10
  9. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean8
  10. Mauricie7
  11. Chaudière-Appalaches6
  12. Montréal6
  13. Laval5
  14. Centre-du-Québec5

Habitat

ForestMario Hains
FieldsMario Hains
MarshAlexander Rumpel
Water’s edgeGogerr
MountainEmmanuel Milou

What the caterpillar eats

Kentucky bluegrassPoa pratensis

Similar species

Crossline SkipperLimochores origenes
Peck's SkipperPolites peckius
Northern Broken-DashPolites egeremet
Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola
Dun SkipperEuphyes vestris
Long DashLimochores mystic
Little GlassywingVernia verna
Delaware SkipperAnatrytone logan
Least SkipperAncyloxypha numitor
Hobomok SkipperLon hobomok
Indian SkipperHesperia sassacus
Silver-spotted SkipperEpargyreus clarus