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    Panoquina ocola, Ocola Skipper

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    Panoquina ocola, Ocola Skipper

    Freshly emerged adult

    Description: 14-18 mm. a small brown skipper with a small spots on underside hindwing. Fresh individuals can have a lavender sheen on the ventral side

     

    Habitat and Distribution: vacant lots, marshes in most of  Florida

     

    Host Plant: aquatic grasses 

     

    Natural History: While a few specimens have been reported from the upper  Keys in June, September, October and December. This species is not frequently encountered and its possible that the specimens encountered were strays

     

    Panoquina ocola, Ocola Skipper egg

    Egg

    Panoquina ocola, Ocola Skipper larva

    Final instar larva

    Panoquina ocola, Ocola Skipper

    Female laying eggs

    Panoquina ocola, Ocola Skipper

    Female laying eggs

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