From a distance, they look like a brown moth the size of a nickel. Up close, you see the colors on the shoulders, the segments of the eyes, and the curl of the proboscis. 🌀 🔎

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How bout another? Why not!

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A rusty orange coloured Woodland Skipper butterfly resting on the edge of a stone table with a blurry dark background.

Woodland Skipper

These things are everywhere right now, flying erratically and landing suddenly in seemingly random spots. I just managed to catch this shot before it zoomed away again.

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If my ADHD was a bug I feel this would be a good representation. They are constantly fluttering all over the place. I refer to them as the zippy ones. :-)

#Ochlodessylvanoides, the #woodlandskipper, is a #butterfly of the family #Hesperidae.

A Woodland Skipper butterfly -- a small orange and brown fuzzy thing -- resting on one of two light mauve flowers with a yellow core

A woodland skipper on the blue aster -- Reifel Bird Sanctuary, August 25

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