Hobomok skipper

not listed

N5 - Secure

S5 - Secure

not listed

The upper side of the forewing is orange with a broad dark border on the outer margin and leading edge (costal margin). The black cell bar is relatively low.

Edges of damp woods, bogs, and streams

One brood from late May to early July

Grasses, including panic grass and bluegrass.

Nectar from flowers including common milkweed, henbit deadnettle, common viper’s bugloss, and blackberry.

Sources

4, 7, 21, 24, 27, 29, 30, 71, 75, 82.

Common, sometimes abundant

Superfamily
Skippers have traditionally been placed in their own superfamily Hesperioidea because of their morphological similarity. Recent phylogenetic analysis (Kawahara and Breinholt [2014]) suggests that they share the same common ancestor as other butterfly families, and thus belong in the superfamily, Papilionoidea.

Genus
A recent genetic sequencing and morphological analysis of the family Hesperiidae (Cong and Zhang et al, 2019) resulted in the creation of two new tribes, two new subtribes, and fifty new genera. Hobomok skipper, formerly Poanes hobomok and eight other “ordinary terrestrial species” were placed in the new genus Lon. Most online sources continue to use the name Poanes hobomok.

Poanes hobomok Hobomok skipper

Poanes hobomok, Hobomok skipper, on grass at Barnes Prairie, Racine Co., Wisconsin. Photos taken May 31, 2021.

It's often found in grassy areas, including old fields, roadsides, and in my photos, a tallgrass prairie.

Wing upper side

Wing underside

Location: Barnes Prairie, Racine Co., WI

Poanes hobomok, Hobomok skipper, on grass at Barnes Prairie, Racine Co., Wisconsin. Photos taken May 31, 2021.

It's often found in grassy areas, including old fields, roadsides, and in my photos, a tallgrass prairie.

Location: Cass County

Location: Uncas Dunes SNA