#3147 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Woodland Skipper

Ochlodes sylvanoides

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

1. © K. Thalia Grant · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © michael_c_mahoney · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Aaron Echols · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © sherryriver · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Leslie Flint · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Will Richardson · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Lake Murray, San Diego, CA, USA:© Craig Chaddock · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Larimer County, CO, USA:© David Martin · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Sonoma County, CA, USA:© Damon Tighe · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Washington, US:© Gavin Slater · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Ochlodes sylvanoides , the woodland skipper , is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in North America from British Columbia south to southern California, east to Montana, Colorado and Arizona.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 29,959iNaturalist 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.
29,959 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1852 (174 years ago).