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Common Checkered Skipper: Sometimes It's Not So Common!

The Mexican sunflower (Tithonia) is never alone. It loves company, attracting scores of insect guests, from honey bees to bumble bees to butterflies....

A common checkered skipper, Pyrgus communis, visits a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A common checkered skipper, Pyrgus communis, visits a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A common checkered skipper, Pyrgus communis, visits a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Common checkered skipper, Pyrgus communis, leaving the Mexican sunflower (Tithonia). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Common checkered skipper, Pyrgus communis, leaving the Mexican sunflower (Tithonia). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Common checkered skipper, Pyrgus communis, leaving the Mexican sunflower (Tithonia). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Tuesday, October 4, 2016 at 3:18 PM

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