# 10191

Mangrove Skipper
(Phocides pigmalion)

Family: Hesperiidae
Sub Family: Pyrginae

This skipper is on Shepard`s Needles (Bidens pilosa)The iridescent blues are quite intense. It`s a very large skipper found in and around hardwood hammocks & mangrove swamps.

Hosts: Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle)

Photo taken on 12/16/98 at Lovers Key State Park in southwestern Fla.