Skipper

Not sure which one yet. Interesting bands around the edges of the wings.

This looks like the European Skipper. An interesting tid-bit from book...

"Lady-slipper orchids are are adapted to pollination by bees; when bees enter the opening to the flora chamber and become entrapped, they are strong enough to escape, transferring pollen in the process. But some other insects are not able to escape. Up to 24 European Skippers, along with other insects, have been found dead in a single lady's-slipper orchid.
Native North American skippers are not entrapped in these flowers but the European skippers did not evolve in the presence of lady's-slippers and may have come to this continent with feeding behaviors that do not work with some native North American wild flowers."

Poppysue, thanks! Great info! Research took me to this page: http://images.google.com/images?q=European+Skipper&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search The second picture shows a Least Skipper http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Ancyloxypha+numitor+&spell=1 which is what I think it actually is. It's one of the two at any rate. I doubt I'd have found it without your help. There are SO many skippers out there.

This message was edited Monday, Sep 23rd 10:05 AM

I used to have a lot of skippers here but I don't see them around so much anymore. Maybe the lady slippers are eating them?!