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  9. Tawny-edged Skipper

species 14,503 observations

Tawny-edged Skipper

Polites themistocles

Status
native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supported by All

558 native plants
support it in the US
  • Caterpillar hosts Plants its caterpillars eat Slender Crabgrass, Needleleaf Rosette Grass, Deertongue, Switchgrass 92
  • Nectar plants Plants whose flowers it visits Purple Coneflower, Blue Mistflower, Swamp Milkweed, Clustered Mountainmint 466

Children

  • Eastern Tawny-edged Skipper

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

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