Least Skipper (Ancyloxypha numitor)

Local but usually common in wet grassy areas across the entire state of North Carolina, Least Skippers are tiny and have three broods, flying from Spring well into Fall.


Orange Co., NC 19 May 2004	Brunswick Co., NC 28 May 2003


Nectaring on goldenrod (Solidago) Dare Co., NC 2 Oct 2005	Worn Durham Co., NC 17 July 2004


Wake Co., NC 2 Sep 2007	Chatham Co, NC 17 Sep 2005

This Least Skipper "jumped" when the flash of my camera fired.

Wake Co., NC
2 Sep 2007

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Created on ... June 26, 2003 | Updated on ... Sep 26, 2007 | jspippen@duke.edu