Here is a couple skippers I would like to have some help with the ID.

Data: along the roadside at Lake Kabetogama, far north St. Louis county,
Minnesota USA

http://www.frontiernet.net/~trgarden/TomMidda/skippers.jpg

I am thinking Euphyes vestris metacomet

Thanks
Tom Middagh

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There's an *incredible* larval photo from southern Veracruz posted on
the following LepSoc link.

Mike Quinn, Austin

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This striking photo was provided by Manuel Grosselet and Georgita
Ruiz. The caterpillar was found within an ecological recovery terrain,
inside an oil refinery complex in Southern Mexico: Refineria de Santa
Alejandrina, Minatitlan, Veracruz. Various lepidopterists have
identified it as a Dalcerid, related to Limacodid. Any more specific
identification?

http://www.lepsoc.org/what_is_it_help_others.php

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Dr. Jacqueline Y. Miller is internationally recognized for her research
and contributions on the Lepidoptera, especially on the biodiversity and
biogeography of the butterflies of the West Indies and the...

Does anyone have access to an electronic version of the following
article?

Rabinowitz, Deborah 1981 "Seven Forms of Rarity" in “Biological
Aspects of Rare Plant Conservation” H Synge ed.

Hugh

Hugh McGuinness
The Ross School
18 Goodfriend Drive
East Hampton, NY 11937
hmcguinness@ross.org

Does anyone have access to an electronic version of the following article? Rabinowitz, Deborah 1981 "Seven Forms of Rarity" in  “Biological Aspects of Rare
Plant Conservation” H Synge ed.Hugh Hugh McGuinnessThe Ross School18 Goodfriend DriveEast Hampton, NY 11937hmcguinness@ross.org  

It's definitely not a typical pale swallowtail. However, it's
anyone's guess whether it's a hybrid or just an aberrant specimen.
Unless you have lab created hybrids to compare with, it's hard to
guess the wing pattern you'd expect in a particular cross.

Cheers,
Xi

Perhaps its time to break off a leg and have it bar-coded.

FYI, Mike
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Wonder if anybody can help with this one ...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ghb624/2776870840/

Thanks much!