Fiery Skipper on Chrysanthemum indicum 7639

            The Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus) is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae and is approximately 1 inch (2.5 cm) long. The males are orange or yellow with black spots while the females are dark brown with orange or yellow spots. The caterpillars are greenish pink with a black head. The caterpillars are often considered pests and can feed on Bermudagrass, creeping bentgrass, and St. Augustine grass. These butterflies are numerous from spring through summer. If you want to control the caterpillars, stop growing lawns and golf courses. Of course, if you could train Canada Geese to eat the caterpillars ... no, wait. That's replacing one small pest with one large one.

How can I say that about the Canada Goose? Easy. Every time I go to the swamp, I have to tiptoe on the walks leading to the trails. Ashes to ashes; geese to grass; grass to other green deposits.

By the way, this Skipper was on a Chrysanthemum indicum which is native to NA, but grows wild as well. But the Fiery Skipper is the subject of this image, so I'll skip adding the image to wildflowers groups.

Taken in: United States / California / Walnut Creek (show map)

Taken on: April 29, 2009

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Fiery Skipper on Chrysanthemum indicum

Butterflies

Heather Farm Nature Reserve

Northern California

Canon S3IS The First of the Canon Powershots and at 6MP as good as it got in 2009

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Camera: Canon PowerShot S3 IS, f/3.5, 1/1600 sec, 72mm (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Aperture:	f/3.5
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1600)
Focal Length:	72mm
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Red-eye reduction
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	ACDSee Pro 6
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