Woodland Skipper

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"In general, skippers exhibit some moth-like traits and some butterfly-like traits. Like moths, they have stocky, hairy bodies. Like butterflies, they have "knobs" at the ends of their antennae. And they hold their wings simultaneously flat as do moths and folded up over the body as do butterflies.

Their flight is also more like a paper airplane than a butterfly. They have a swirling, looping flight, accentuated when a group of them gets together! Coupled with their tawny orange color, they remind me more of falling leaves or blossoms than of insects."

Louise Kulzer