The Yucca Giant-Skipper is one of North America's largest skippers, with brown wings and yellow spots and a powerful, fast flight. Its larvae bore into the hearts of yucca plants, creating galleries in the root crown. It has an intimate relationship with its yucca host plants and is restricted to arid habitats where yucca grows across the Southwest and Southeast.
Habitat
Dry sandy habitats, prairies, and scrub with yucca
Diet
Larvae: yucca root crown. Adults: flower nectar
How common
Uncommon
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