Maryland Biodiversity Project - Cobweb Skipper (Hesperia metea)

Cobweb Skipper Hesperia metea Scudder, 1864

Synonyms: Hodges #4027.

Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Class Insecta > Order Lepidoptera > Family Hesperiidae > Genus Hesperia Cobweb Skipper - Hesperia metea - https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/605

Host plants include Little Bluestem and Big Bluestem (Cech and Tudor, 2005).

There are 79 records in the project database.

A Cobweb Skipper nectaring on Woolly Ragwort in Worcester Co., Maryland (4/25/2010). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

A Cobweb Skipper in Baltimore Co., Maryland (5/9/2013). Photo by Scott Housten. (MBP list)

Cobweb Skipper in Allegany Co., Maryland (4/23/2022). Photo by Jonathan Irons. (MBP list)

A Cobweb Skipper in Allegany Co., Maryland (4/28/2018). Photo by Frode Jacobsen. (MBP list)

Cobweb Skipper in Maryland (Date obscured). (c) aaron graham, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by aaron_graham via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Cobweb Skipper in Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Jonathan Irons, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Jonathan Irons. (MBP list)

Cobweb Skipper in Baltimore Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) jrcagle, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by jrcagle via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Cobweb Skipper in Carroll Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) jrcagle, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by jrcagle via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Cobweb Skipper in Allegany Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

Cobweb Skipper in Baltimore Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) tomfeild, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Tom Feild. (MBP list)

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