Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes aesculapius [Fabricius])
Wing span: 1 3/16 - 1 1/2 inches (3 - 3.8 cm).
Identification: Fringes are checkered black and white. Upperside of wings is dark brown; forewing has a row of white spots. Underside is dark brown with a yellow or white cobweb pattern.
Life history: Not reported.
Flight: Two broods from March-September.
Caterpillar hosts: Probably cane (Arundinaria).
Adult food: Nectar from flowers including elephant's-foot, sweet pepperbush, blackberry, white clover, selfheal, and dogbane.
Habitat: Moist, dense woods with cane growth.
Range: Eastern Oklahoma and east Texas east to southeast Virginia, south along the Atlantic Coast to northern Florida.
