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Fiery Skipper

Hylephila phyleus

The Fiery Skipper is a small butterfly with bright orange and brown wings. They love to flutter around flowers and are often seen in sunny places during warm months.

Hábitat: Grasslands

Aspecto

The Fiery Skipper is a small butterfly with a robust body and distinctly triangular wings. Males have bright orange-yellow forewings with scattered black spots, while females are duller, often brownish-orange with darker markings. They are visually different from true butterflies by their hooked antennae and thicker bodies.

ReinoAnimaliaFiloArthropodaClaseInsectaOrdenLepidopteraFamiliaHesperiidaeGéneroHylephila
Fiery Skipper
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Fiery Skipper

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Common

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Datos interesantes

Even though tiny, these skippers can migrate surprisingly long distances each year!

Fiery Skippers get their name from their amazing "skipping" flight pattern, not smooth flying!

Their caterpillars are sometimes called "lawn worms" because they munch on grass!

Unlike most butterflies, skippers have antennae with little hooks at the very end.

Habilidades especiales

Habilidad

Turbo Flight

Fiery Skippers can dart quickly and erratically through the air because of their powerful wing muscles that helps them evade predators.

Habilidad

Sweet Sip Straw

Fiery Skippers have a long, coiled proboscis that helps them reach sweet nectar deep inside tubular flowers.

Habilidad

Leafy Hideout Builder

Fiery Skipper caterpillars can roll and tie leaves together that helps them create a safe, camouflaged shelter from hungry birds.

Medidas y detalles

Envergadura
25-35 mm
Tamaño
10-15 mm
Esperanza de vida
10-14 días
Velocidad de vuelo
15 km/h
Cantidad de patas
6

Dieta y alimentación

Adult Fiery Skippers sip flower nectar, while their hungry caterpillars munch on various types of grass.

Diferencias por edad: Larvae eat grasses, adults sip nectar.

Alimentos principales

  • nectar
  • Bermudagrass
  • St. Augustinegrass
  • crabgrass

Método de búsqueda

  • Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

eats

Bermudagrass

Cynodon dactylon

Larvae feed on its leaves.

eats

Sugarcane

Saccharum officinarum

Larvae sometimes feed on it.

pollinates

Wild Carrot

Daucus carota

Adults visit its flowers.

eaten by

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

Birds prey on larvae and adults.

Rasgos

También conocido como

Fiery Skipper Butterfly

Colecciones

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Butterflies are gentle and safe to watch. Don't try to catch them; just enjoy their beauty!

Preguntas frecuentes

¿Cuál es el envergadura de Fiery Skipper?

25-35 mm

¿Cuál es el tamaño de Fiery Skipper?

10-15 mm

¿Cuál es el esperanza de vida de Fiery Skipper?

10-14 días

¿Cuál es el velocidad de vuelo de Fiery Skipper?

15 km/h

¿Qué come Fiery Skipper?

Adult Fiery Skippers sip flower nectar, while their hungry caterpillars munch on various types of grass.

¿Dónde se encuentra normalmente Fiery Skipper?

Grasslands

¿Cómo caza Fiery Skipper?

Foraging

¿Cuál es el cantidad de patas de Fiery Skipper?

6

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