Common Name: Northern White Skipper
This species
is uncommon in our area but can turn up literally anywhere, from sea level to
near tree-line-generally as singletons. It appears to migrate through our area
twice a year, northward in May-June and southward in September-October, but we
do not know where it is coming from or where it is going. Breeding populations
are scarce, generally in chaparral,
where the host - Bush Mallow, genus Malacothamnus, occurs. Adults visit
a great variety of flowers and turn up as often in urban and suburban gardens
as anywhere else.