Nevada Skipper
Hesperia nevada (Scudder, 1874)
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
Identification: Antennae Upperside is reddish orange with diffuse dark borders and some large pale spots. Male forewing has black felt inside the stigma. Underside of the hindwing of both sexes is golden-green to gray-green with an irregular band of white spots; the basal spot may be offset inward.
Wing Span: 1 1/8 - 1 7/16 inches (2.9 - 3.7 cm).
Life History: To await receptive females, males perch on tops of hills or on logs or rocks in flat meadows. Females lay eggs singly on or near the host plant. Caterpillars live in silken tubes at the base of grass clumps and feed on grass leaves nearby. They overwinter in partially-buried shelters.
Flight: One brood from late May to early August, the timing depending on elevation and latitude.
Caterpillar Hosts: Western needlegrass (Stipa occidentalis) and perhaps squirrel-tail grass (Sitanion hystrix).
Adult Food: Flower nectar.
Habitat: Sagebrush, grasslands, aspen parks, mountain summits; from 7000 - 12,000 feet in elevation.
Range: Southern British Columbia east across the prairie provinces to southern Manitoba; south in the western mountains to California, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico.
Conservation: Not usually required.
NCGR: G4 - Apparently secure globally, though it might be quite rare in parts of its range, especially at the periphery.
Management Needs: None reported.
Comments: NULL
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Observation date: Jun 11, 2007
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Region: Deer Lodge County, Montana, United States
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Observation date: Aug 10, 2000
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Region: Liberty County, Montana, United States
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Region: Rosebud County, Montana, United States
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Observation date: Jun 01, 2007
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Region: Park County, Montana, United States
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Verified date: Jan 23, 2008
Observation date: Jul 26, 1966
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Chris Durden)
Region: Stillwater County, Montana, United States
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Region: Coconino County, Arizona, United States
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Region: Boulder County, Colorado, United States
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Region: Johnson County, Wyoming, United States
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Region: Amador County, California, United States
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Region: Douglas County, Colorado, United States
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Region: Mora County, New Mexico, United States
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Region: Goshen County, Wyoming, United States
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Region: Tulare County, California, United States
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Region: Caribou County, Idaho, United States
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Region: Storey County, Nevada, United States
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Region: Montezuma County, Colorado, United States
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Region: Hill County, Montana, United States
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Region: Baker County, Oregon, United States
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Region: Las Animas County, Colorado, United States
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Region: Yellowstone County, Montana, United States
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Region: Sanpete County, Utah, United States
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Region: Saguache County, Colorado, United States
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Region: Powell County, Montana, United States
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Region: Kane County, Utah, United States
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