Peck's skipper

Peck's Skipper 

(Polites Peckius) 

• These butterflies caterpillars host on ricegrass and bluegrass, bluegrasses and rice grass are common throughout the pinebush

• These butterflies caterpillars have a green and yellow striped body with a black head

• This butterflies chrysalis is green and oval shaped, sometimes it has a bit of string around the chrysalis as extra protection

• This butterfly appears to have two sets of wings. It is smaller and likes to dart around. It is dark orange towards the border of its wings and it gets lighter orange towards the center of its wings

• Native status: Native