Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes aesculapius)

Statewide but associated with cane in moist wooded areas so it's distribution is scattered. It's locally common in the coastal plain becoming more rare westward.

Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes aesculapius)
Madison Co., NC
9 Apr 2012


Nectaring on Prunella vulgaris Carteret Co., NC 27 Aug 2006	Carteret Co., NC 27 Aug 2006


Nectaring on Elephantopis New Hanover Co., NC 26 Aug 2006


Hoke Co., NC 12 September 2004	same individual


Craven Co., NC 29 August 2004	Craven Co., NC 29 August 2004


Washington Co., NC 17 June 2001	Craven Co., NC 28 Aug 2005


Craven Co., NC 26 Aug 2007	Craven Co., NC 26 Aug 2007

Often, they don't actually sit still for the camera...

Craven Co., NC
26 Aug 2007

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Created on ... June 29, 2003 | Updated on ... August 27, 2007 | jspippen@duke.edu