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Ottoe Skipper
Hesperia ottoe
Hesperia ottoe, the Ottoe skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the central U.S. but has been recorded in Canada only in a small area of southern Manitoba. It has been assessed as an endangered species. The Ottoe Skipper is native to mixed-grass prairies. The wingspan is 29–35 mm (1.1–1.4 in). The flight period is from mid-June to early August.
From the article Hesperia ottoe on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
What it does
The larvae feed on Poaceae species, Leptoloma cognatum, little bluestem (Andropogon scoparius), and, in Minnesota, on the flowers of purple coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia). Another main larval food for the Ottoe Skipper is Big Bluestem (Andropogon geradi). Eggs are oviposited by females and can be produced 200 at a time. After hatching, the larvae will crawl in the direction of their hostplant and they build leaf-tied nests at the base of their plant as they are feeding. There is one generation per year and they are not classified as migrants. Adults can feed on a variety of plants including Burgamot (Monarda fistulosa) and Milk Thistle (Carduus nutans). The Ottoe Skipper is unable to survive in altered habitats such as developed or agricultural land.
Wikipedia: “Diet”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 221223.