Skipper and purple flower

July 29, 2014 by Mike Powell

A handsome little skipper feeds on a gorgeous purple flower and the result is simply beautiful.

on July 29, 2014 at 7:16 pm | Reply joeschelling

Excellent shot of a Peck’s Skipper (Polites peckius) – should be pretty common but at the edge of its range; interestingly, I just saw my first one last week in a tiny population in the White Mountains of Arizona.
- on July 29, 2014 at 7:34 pm | Reply Mike Powell
  
  Thanks for the ID, Joe. I saw that the wing pattern looked bit like a Peck’s Skipper, but didn’t want to hazard a guess.
on July 30, 2014 at 6:18 am | Reply margosnotebook

lovely composition and colour
on July 30, 2014 at 6:32 am | Reply New Hampshire Garden Solutions

Beautiful color combination. The flower looks like self heal (Prunella vulgaris.)
- on July 30, 2014 at 7:01 am | Reply Mike Powell
  
  Thanks so much for the assist in identification, Allen. I had no idea where to start in trying to figure out what the flower was.
on August 1, 2014 at 12:58 pm | Reply Sue

Terrific photo!