Insects and Spiders

Female Sachem Skipper

I saw this skipper on my neighbor's lantana. Turned out to be a female sachem. I've only found one other sachem & that was a male so this was a first. It took me awhile of following it from blossom to blossom before it finally paused long enough for me to get a shot. That is a long tongue which is needed to go all the way down that flower tube to the nectar at the bottom.
Female Sachem Skipper (Atalopedes campestris)

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