#3073 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Fiery Skipper

🇳🇱 Hylephila ·Hylephila phyleus

8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

what is it?

5 cm) long. The males are orange or yellow with black spots while the females are dark brown with orange or yellow spots. The caterpillars are greenish pink with a black head. The caterpillars are often considered pests and can feed on Bermudagrass, creeping bentgrass, and St. Augustine grass.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 120,810iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
120,810 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Dru Drury in 1773 (253 years ago).