Summary ³

Fairly common. Flies February through November. Atalopedes campestris (called the Sachem in the United States) is a small skipper. It is just over 1 inch long and has orange-and-brown adults. Females are slightly larger and have paler markings on their wings compared to males.

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1. (c) Donna Pomeroy, all rights reserved, uploaded by Donna Pomeroy
2. (c) J. Maughn, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.flickr.com/photos/jmaughn/9691839936/
3. Adapted by Donna Pomeroy from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atalopedes_campestris

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