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    Lerema accius, Clouded Skipper

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    Larval headcapsule

    Freshly emerged adult

    Description: 13-18 mm. This is a medium sized dark brown skipper with few white dots on the forewing. Males have a black stigma on the forewing. Undersides are quite unique from other skippers having a "cloudy" whitish patch near outer margins. Fresh adults can have a lavender sheen on the ventral side 

     

    Habitat and Distribution: vacant lots, roadsides and weedy fields in most of  Florida and throughout the Keys

     

    Host Plant: Grasses Panicum maximum and Setaria macrosperma

     

    Natural History: Common throughout the Southern United States but uncommon in the Keys. They fly throughout the year.

    Final instar larva

    Chrysalis

    Freshly emerged adult

    Freshly emerged adult

    Freshly emerged adult

    Freshly emerged adult

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