Silver-spotted Skipper

Epargyreus clarus butterfly / moth

Large skipper; caterpillars host on native legumes (milkvetch, vetch).

31 documented plant relationships.

sips nectar at

Boreal YarrowAchillea borealiswildflower · June-AugustCanada AnemoneAnemonastrum canadensegroundcover · May-JulyCanada GoldenrodSolidago canadensiswildflower · August–SeptemberChokecherryPrunus virginianashrub · May–JuneEvening PrimroseOenothera bienniswildflower · July–SeptemberFlat-topped GoldenrodEuthamia graminifoliawildflower · August-SeptemberFlat-topped White AsterDoellingeria umbellatawildflower · August–SeptemberFragrant SumacRhus aromaticashrub · April-MayGiant HyssopAgastache foeniculumwildflower · July–SeptemberHighbush CranberryViburnum opulusshrub · May-JuneJoe-Pye WeedEutrochium maculatumwildflower · July–SeptemberMeadow BlazingstarLiatris ligulistyliswildflower · August–SeptemberNodding OnionAllium cernuumwildflower · June–AugustNorthern HedysarumHedysarum borealewildflower · Jun-JulPrairie ThistleCirsium flodmaniiwildflower · June-AugustPurple ConeflowerEchinacea angustifoliawildflower · June-AugustSelf-healPrunella vulgariswildflower · June–AugustShowy MilkweedAsclepias speciosawildflower · June–AugustSilverberryElaeagnus commutatashrub · JuneSmooth AsterSymphyotrichum laevewildflower · August–OctoberSneezeweedHelenium autumnalewildflower · August-OctoberSpreading DogbaneApocynum androsaemifoliumwildflower · June–AugustSquare-stem MonkeyflowerMimulus ringenswildflower · July-AugustWild BergamotMonarda fistulosawildflower · July–AugustWild ChivesAllium schoenoprasumwildflower · June–JulyWild LicoriceGlycyrrhiza lepidotawildflower · June–AugustWild RaspberryRubus idaeusshrub · June–JulyWild VetchVicia americanavine · June–JulyYellow-flowered LocoweedOxytropis campestriswildflower · June–July

lays eggs on

Canada Milk VetchAstragalus canadensiswildflower · June–AugustWild VetchVicia americanavine · June–July