Male Fiery Skipper

I get lots of skippers, including Fiery Skippers like this one.

Male Fiery Skipper, Side View

Here you can see the spots on the outside of the wings, as well as his tongue going into the flower.

Female Fiery Skipper

She looks similar to the male, with darker coloring.

Male Yehl Skipper

This skipper is a little larger than a fiery skipper and overall has a more golden appearance. The light spots are very subtle.

Female Yehl Skipper

As with many of the small skippers, the female looks very different from the male.

Silver-Spotted Skipper

The silver spot on the wings of this butterfly is eye-catching when they fly.

Hoary Edge
This butterfly is similar in appearance to the Silver-Spotted Skipper, except the white is more diffused and spreads down to the edge of the wing.

Long-Tailed Skipper

These skippers have beautiful blue-green iridescence on the top of their bodies spreading onto the wings.

Long-Tailed Skipper

Here is the outside of the wing.

Ocola Skipper

This skipper has a relatively long forewing compared to other skippers.

Female Horace's Duskywing

This is one of the spreadwing skippers, so called because they do not fold up their wings like the grass skippers do. In this species, the female is much more vividly marked than the male.

Wild Indigo Duskywing

This is another spreadwing skipper. I don't see this variety very often.

Female Clouded Skipper

This picture and the next are the same butterfly from different angles. The dot pattern against the dark background on the upper wings is distinctive.

Female Clouded Skipper

The same butterfly from a different angle.

Male Clouded Skipper

The male looks similar to the female, except he has fewer white spots on his wings.

Male Clouded Skipper

The same butterfly from the side. You can just see the frosting on the outer edge of his wings.

Sachem

This photo and the next one are of the same butterfly. This is another type of skipper that is similar in size and general appearance to the Fiery Skipper.

Sachem

Here you can see the top (inside) of the wings and compare them to the Fiery Skipper above.

Male Whirlabout

Patience was the keyword in getting this picture! This little guy kept getting attacked by a territorial fiery skipper each time I tried to get his picture. So I finally just sat down by the purple lantana he kept coming back to, and was eventually rewarded with this great photo.

Female Whirlabout

You can just make out the mottled spots on her wings that identify her for what she is.

Female Whirlabout

Here's a shot of the inner surface of her wings.

Sachem from the Front

From this angle you can really see how this type of skipper's wings fold up when they are not flying.