{"id":381,"date":"2023-09-17T10:56:58","date_gmt":"2023-09-17T14:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/?p=381"},"modified":"2023-09-17T10:59:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T14:59:28","slug":"a-zabulon-skipper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/2023\/09\/17\/a-zabulon-skipper\/","title":{"rendered":"A Zabulon skipper"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Zabulon skipper (Lon zabulon<\/em>) is a smallish butterfly but average as far as skippers go. I consider it to be thumbnail size. I come across one in central Pennsylvania about every other year, but this season was different since I managed to photograph both a male and a female Zabulon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The male is brightly colored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A male Zabulon skipper.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The female Zabulon skipper may not be as colorful as the male but is very distinctive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A female<\/em> Zabulon skipper.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The hindwing curve of the female Zabulon is a characteristic.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The convenient part about photographing both male and female Zabulon skippers is that they both visited my backyard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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