#duskywings

The Duskywing Who Became Incredibly Colorful explains to readers how and why the featured image was created.

Kaleidoscope As many of you know by now, one of the things that I enjoy doing is playing with colors in some of my images. For this one I took one of my shots of a Horace’s duskywing, which is a rather plain little brown butterfly and added shades of purples, blues, and greens to make a much more colorful butterfly. There were two blackjack flowers in the background and I modified them to match…

Horace’s Duskywing is a Very Helpful Pollinator tells readers about the author’s experiences with these butterflies and relays some facts about them and their lifestyle. It also explains why these butterflies are great pollinators.

Feeding and Pollenating This year, ever since the weather warmed up, I’ve been seeing lots and lots of small, dark brownish black butterflies that fly around with a very fast, darting and erratic type of flight. I had seen a few of them around the kennels last year, and that’s where I first spotted them again this year. Since then I’ve seen them in the forest behind my house, in my yard, and at…

4/17/15

Lepidoptera- Pyrginae (Spread-wing Skippers) Genus Erynnis (Duskywings)

The genus Erynnis (Duskywings) is probably the most difficult group of North American butterflies to identify in the field. However, the identity of a particular individual can often be narrowed to a few possibilities by noting the habitat and examining the range maps for each species (see INTERNET REFERENCES section below). A further critical comparison of an individual's key field marks to those in reliably identified images is often enough to arrive at a certain or near-certain ID; examination of the genitalia may be required in some cases.

http://butterfliesofamerica.com/t/Erynnis_a.htm