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Call it the "Mournful Dusky-Wing" or the "Sad Dusky-Wing." Call it what you will, but the Erynnis tristis, a member of the skipper butterfly family (Hesperiidae), is neither mournful nor sad when it's nectaring lavender. The skipper, distinguishable from other dusky wings by its white fringe,...

Mournful Dusky-Wing

MOURNFUL DUSKY-WING butterfly nectaring lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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CAUGHT ON THE FLY, a female Erynnis tristis visits lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at 8:39 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

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Posts Tagged: Mournful Dusky-Wing

E. T., Where Are You?

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