The Golden Banded Skipper is a large, attractively marked skipper with a prominent broad yellow band across its dark brown forewings. It inhabits stream canyons and wooded ravines where its wisteria host plant grows. Adults often perch in the shade with wings spread flat, basking in dappled sunlight.
Habitat
Wooded stream canyons and ravines
Diet
Larvae: wild wisteria and hog peanut. Adults: nectar
How common
Uncommon
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