The Delaware Skipper is a clean, bright orange skipper with a simple black border on the wing margins and no forewing stigma in males, making it one of the more straightforward eastern skippers to identify. It frequents wet meadows and marshes associated with its grass host plants. Adults are swift, direct fliers that zip between flowers.
Best time to see a Delaware Skipper
The best time to see a Delaware Skipper is May–July, when about 63% of U.S. sightings happen, based on 7,016 research-grade iNaturalist observations.
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