Tawny-edged Skipper Polites themistocles (Latreille, [1824])    Synonyms: Hodges #4041.
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Lepidoptera   >   Family Hesperiidae   >   Genus Polites   

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Host plants include Cypress Panicgrass, Slender Crabgrass, and grasses in the genus Poa (Cech and Tudor, 2005).

There are 226 records in the project database.

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A Tawny-edged Skipper in Howard Co., Maryland (8/12/2017). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)

A Tawny-edged Skipper in Carroll Co., Maryland (8/11/2018). Photo by Jim Moore. (MBP list)

A Tawny-edged Skipper in Howard Co., Maryland (7/19/2015). Photo by Kevin Heffernan. (MBP list)

A Tawny-edged Skipper in Howard Co., Maryland (7/29/2016). Photo by Kevin Heffernan. (MBP list)

A Tawny-edged Skipper in Harford Co., Maryland (7/26/2008). Photo by Rick Cheicante. (MBP list)

A Tawny-edged Skipper in Washington Co., Maryland (8/25/2018). Photo by Frode Jacobsen. (MBP list)

Tawny-edged Skipper in Howard Co., Maryland (8/2/2017). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

Tawny-edged Skipper in Prince George's Co., Maryland (8/24/2018). Photo by Frode Jacobsen. (MBP list)

Tawny-edged Skipper in Howard Co., Maryland (7/30/2017). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

Tawny-edged Skipper in Howard Co., Maryland (7/30/2017). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

Tawny-edged Skipper in Baltimore Co., Maryland (8/26/2022). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Frode Jacobsen. (MBP list)

Tawny-edged Skippers mating in Howard Co., Maryland (5/15/2012). Photo by Bonnie Ott. (MBP list)

A Tawny-edged Skipper in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/22/2009). Photo by Hans Holbrook. (MBP list)

A Tawny-edged Skipper in Frederick Co., Maryland (8/10/2014). Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

Tawny-edged Skipper in Frederick Co., Maryland (6/20/2020). (c) rborchelt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by rborchelt via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A Tawny-edged Skipper in Cecil Co., Maryland (7/30/2011). Photo by Bill Keim. (MBP list)

A Tawny-edged Skipper in Howard Co., Maryland (9/14/2014). Photo by Kevin Heffernan. (MBP list)

A Tawny-edged Skipper in Howard Co., Maryland (8/10/2014). Photo by Kevin Heffernan. (MBP list)

A Tawny-edged Skipper in Howard Co., Maryland (8/10/2014). Photo by Kevin Heffernan. (MBP list)

Tawny-edged Skipper being predated by a crab spider in Howard Co., Maryland (8/19/2017). Photo by Kevin Heffernan. (MBP list)

A Tawny-edged Skipper collected in Frederick Co., Maryland (5/28/2001). Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)


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