BUTTERFLIES OF GEORGIA’S PIEDMONT REGION 

 

Family Hesperiidae (the skippers), subfamily Pyrginae (spread-wing skippers)

silver-spotted skipper

Epargyreus clarus

 

 

nectaring on Cephalanthus occidentalis

Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve

DeKalb County, 4 August 2007

Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve

DeKalb County, 11 July 2009

nectaring on Lantana sp.

Monastery of the Holy Spirit

Rockdale County, 31 July 2011

Ancestors Garden, Round Oak

Jones County, 21 June 2010

Photos and videos by Jim Allison