Tag: Antennae used for smelling and navigation

  • Fiery Skipper

    A few days ago while I was getting photographs of Maple-leaf Hydrangea, a Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus) was resting on one of the Hydrangea leaves and seemed to want attention. Here it is in all its handsome golden glory. For some, skippers are a confusing family in the group of flying insects called Lepidoptera. All…