Uncas Skipper
 
Location: Black Butte, Lower Milk River, AB
Date: June 9, 1980		  
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Uncas Skipper - male dorsal
Common Name:  Uncas Skipper

Latin Name:  Hesperia uncas Edwards, 1863
                        (N. Kondla, det.)

Wingspan:  25 - 41 mm

Range:  Southern 1/4 of Alberta

Habitat: Mixed grass prairie, valleys and coulees

Time of year seen: May to august

Preferred Flowers:

Caterpillar's Diet: Spear, porcupine or needle grass and grama grass

Other:

Photo courtesy N. Kondla ©1980.
         
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