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Delaware Skipper

Anatrytone logan

The Delaware Skipper is a small, colorful butterfly that flutters around fields and meadows. With its bright orange and brown wings, it loves to sip nectar from flowers.

生息地: Grasslands

外見

The Delaware Skipper is a medium-sized butterfly with striking, bright orange-yellow wings that have distinctive dark brown borders. Males are often brighter and feature a prominent dark, oval-shaped stigma on their forewings, which helps distinguish them. Their antennae are hooked at the tips, a classic skipper trait.

AnimaliaArthropodaInsectaLepidopteraHesperiidaeAtrytone
Delaware Skipper
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Delaware Skipper

カテゴリ

昆虫

レア度

Common

危険度

1/5 · 非常に低い

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おもしろい事実

Baby Delaware Skippers are very picky eaters and only munch on specific types of grass, like switchgrass.

Did you know Delaware Skippers have super strong flight muscles for their size, letting them zip through the air!

They don't just use their mouths; Delaware Skippers actually "taste" plants with their feet to find tasty leaves!

Unlike most butterflies, skippers have thick bodies and hooked antennae, making them look a bit like moths!

特殊能力

能力

Skipping Flight

Delaware Skipper can fly with a unique 'skipping' motion using powerful flight muscles to quickly dodge predators.

能力

Nectar Sucker

Delaware Skipper has a long, coiled proboscis, like a tiny straw, that helps them drink nectar from deep flowers.

能力

Grass Dweller

Baby Delaware Skippers build tiny shelters by tying grass blades together, which helps them hide from hungry birds.

サイズと詳細

翼開長
30-40 mm
サイズ
13-17 mm
寿命
7-14 日
飛行速度
25 km/h
脚の数
6

食性と食事

Adult Delaware Skippers sip sweet flower nectar, while their babies munch on leafy grasses.

年齢による違い: Larvae feed on specific types of grass leaves, while adults exclusively consume nectar from various flowers.

主な食物

  • flower nectar
  • switchgrass leaves
  • big bluestem leaves
  • Indian grass leaves

採餌方法

  • Foraging

生態系とのつながり

eats

Switchgrass

Panicum virgatum

Larvae munch on its leaves.

pollinates

Common Milkweed

Asclepias syriaca

Drinks nectar and helps spread pollen.

eaten by

Eastern Kingbird

Tyrannus tyrannus

A common bird that hunts adult skippers.

eats

Indian Grass

Sorghastrum nutans

Larvae use its blades as food and shelter.

特徴

別名

まだ別名はありません。

コレクション

安全性

危険度

1/5 · 非常に低い

Always watch butterflies from a distance and don't try to catch them.

よくある質問

Delaware Skipperの翼開長は何ですか?

30-40 mm

Delaware Skipperのサイズは何ですか?

13-17 mm

Delaware Skipperの寿命は何ですか?

7-14 日

Delaware Skipperの飛行速度は何ですか?

25 km/h

Delaware Skipperは何を食べますか?

Adult Delaware Skippers sip sweet flower nectar, while their babies munch on leafy grasses.

Delaware Skipperは通常どこに生息していますか?

Grasslands

Delaware Skipperはどのように狩りをしますか?

Foraging

Delaware Skipperの脚の数は何ですか?

6

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