May 24, 2025

I am a Sleepy Duskywing

I'm in the Skipper family of butterflies

Some people accuse me of trying to look like a moth

But that is a complete and utter lie!

Location: St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park

Sources: https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Erynnis-brizo

https://www.brandywine.org/conservancy/blog/butterflies-vs-moths-what-are-differences

Photo and text © 2025 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

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March 10, 2022

I am a Sleepy Duskywing

I have blunt antennal clubs

I like to drink nectar from the flowers of heaths

Which I find in oak-pine or oak scrub.

Location: St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park

Sources: https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Erynnis-brizo

https://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-butterfly-antennae.html

Photo and text © 2022 Dee Fairbanks Simpson