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Indian Skipper
Butterfly.--The upper side of the male is as shown in the plate. The female is larger, the fulvous ground-color paler, the outer marginal shades darker, and the discal stigma is replaced by a dark-brown shade. On the under side in both sexes the wings are pale fulvous, with the spots of the upper side feebly reproduced as faint lighter spots. The fore wings in both sexes are black at the base. Expanse, male, 1.10-1.25 inch; female, 1.25-1.35 inch.
Early Stages.--The caterpillar, which is plumper than most hesperid larvae, feeds on grasses.
The insect ranges from New England to Georgia, and westward to Colorado.