A Pepper and Salt Skipper in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/2/2013).

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A Pepper and Salt Skipper in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/2/2013).

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A Pepper and Salt Skipper in Montgomery Co., Maryland (5/10/2017). Verified by Rick Borchelt and Tom Stock. First modern record for the county.

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Pepper and Salt Skipper in Garrett Co., Maryland (5/31/2024). (c) Brady O'Brien, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 1209915 - Psn: 54)

Pepper and Salt Skipper in Garrett Co., Maryland (5/31/2024). (c) Brady O'Brien, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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A Pepper and Salt Skipper in Montgomery Co., Maryland (5/10/2017). Verified by Rick Borchelt and Tom Stock. First modern record for the county.

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Pepper and Salt Skipper in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Hans Holbrook, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 485335 - Psn: 55)

Pepper and Salt Skipper in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Hans Holbrook, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Pepper and Salt Skipper in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Ashley Rodeheaver, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 485343 - Psn: 55)

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Pepper and Salt Skipper in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) aaron graham, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 696061 - Psn: 55)

Pepper and Salt Skipper in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) aaron graham, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Pepper and Salt Skipper in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/9/2007). (c) Bill Hubick, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 769433 - Psn: 55)

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Pepper and Salt Skipper in Garrett Co., Maryland (5/31/2024). (c) Brady O'Brien, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Pepper and Salt Skipper in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Kyle Klotz, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 1209917 - Psn: 62)

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A Pepper and Salt Skipper in Frederick Co., Maryland (5/20/2015).

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Pepper and Salt Skipper in Montgomery Co., Maryland (5/10/2017). (c) Andrew (Andy) P Martin, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 696060 - Psn: 65)

Pepper and Salt Skipper in Montgomery Co., Maryland (5/10/2017). (c) Andrew (Andy) P Martin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Pepper and Salt Skipper in Garrett Co., Maryland (7/22/2023). (c) Mike Mosser, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 850531 - Psn: 65)

Pepper and Salt Skipper in Garrett Co., Maryland (7/22/2023). (c) Mike Mosser, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Pepper and Salt Skipper in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Ashley Rodeheaver, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 485340 - Psn: 66)

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Pepper and Salt Skipper in Montgomery Co., Maryland (5/25/2020). (c) Andrew (Andy) P Martin, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 696059 - Psn: 66)

Pepper and Salt Skipper in Montgomery Co., Maryland (5/25/2020). (c) Andrew (Andy) P Martin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Pepper and Salt Skipper in Garrett Co., Maryland (5/31/2024). (c) Brady O'Brien, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Pepper and Salt Skipper in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Kyle Klotz, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 1209924 - Psn: 66)

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A Pepper and Salt Skipper in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/2/2013). View Record Details Media by Jim Brighton.

A Pepper and Salt Skipper in Montgomery Co., Maryland (5/10/2017). Verified by Rick Borchelt and Tom Stock. First modern record for the county. View Record Details Media by Andy Martin.

Pepper and Salt Skipper in Garrett Co., Maryland (5/31/2024). (c) Brady O'Brien, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by brady_obrien via iNaturalist.

A Pepper and Salt Skipper in Montgomery Co., Maryland (5/10/2017). Verified by Rick Borchelt and Tom Stock. First modern record for the county. View Record Details Media by Andy Martin.

Pepper and Salt Skipper in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Hans Holbrook, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Hans Holbrook.

Pepper and Salt Skipper in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) aaron graham, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by aaron_graham via iNaturalist.

Pepper and Salt Skipper in Garrett Co., Maryland (5/31/2024). (c) Brady O'Brien, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by brady_obrien via iNaturalist.

A Pepper and Salt Skipper in Frederick Co., Maryland (5/20/2015). View Record Details Media by Rick Borchelt.

Pepper and Salt Skipper in Montgomery Co., Maryland (5/10/2017). (c) Andrew (Andy) P Martin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by apmartin2 via iNaturalist.

Pepper and Salt Skipper in Garrett Co., Maryland (7/22/2023). (c) Mike Mosser, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Mike Mosser via iNaturalist.

Pepper and Salt Skipper in Montgomery Co., Maryland (5/25/2020). (c) Andrew (Andy) P Martin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by apmartin2 via iNaturalist.

Pepper and Salt Skipper in Garrett Co., Maryland (5/31/2024). (c) Brady O'Brien, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by brady_obrien via iNaturalist.

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Pepper-and-salt skipper

Conservation status
Secure (NatureServe)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Amblyscirtes
Species:	A. hegon
Binomial name
*Amblyscirtes hegon* (Scudder, 1864)^[2]
Synonyms
Hesperia hegon Scudder, 1864 Hesperia samoset Scudder, 1863 Hesperia nemoris Edwards, 1864 Pyrgus argina Plötz, 1884

Amblyscirtes hegon, the pepper-and-salt skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Nova Scotia and Maine, west to southern Manitoba, south to Georgia, northern Florida and south-eastern Texas. It is mostly absent from the coastal plain.

The wingspan is 25–31 mm. Adults are on wing from April to July. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Poa pratensis, Sorghastrum nutans, Sorghastrum secundum, and Chasmanthium latifolia. Adults feed on flower nectar, including viburnum and blackberry.

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^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Amblyscirtes hegon Pepper and Salt Skipper". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
^ Pepper and Salt Skipper (Amblyscirtes hegon) (Scudder, 1864), Butterflies of Canada

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Taxon identifiers
Amblyscirtes hegon	Wikidata: Q4741634 Wikispecies: Amblyscirtes hegon BAMONA: Amblyscirtes-hegon BioLib: 703324 BOLD: 94629 BugGuide: 16328 GBIF: 4301831 iNaturalist: 126118 Insecta.pro: 44603 ITIS: 706576 MONA: 4096 NatureServe: 2.118808 NCBI: 2724834 Observation.org: 908021

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Pepper and Salt Skipper

Amblyscirtes hegon (Scudder, 1864)

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