Hesperia comma
Common name: Common Branded Skipper
Feeds on these plants:
Cirsium altissimum
(sold as Thistle)
Cirsium arvense
(sold as Thistle)
Cirsium hilli
(sold as Thistle)
Cirsium muticum
(sold as Thistle)
Cirsium nuttalii
(sold as Thistle)
Cirsium occidentale
(sold as Thistle)
Cirsium species
(sold as Thistle)
Cirsium vulgare
(sold as Thistle)
Lantana camara
(sold as Carlos)
Lantana camara
(sold as Landmark Peach Sunrise)
Lantana camara
(sold as Landmark Pink Dawn)
Lantana hybrid
(sold as New Gold)
Lantana montevidensis
(sold as Confetti)
Lantana montevidensis
(sold as Lavender Trailing)
Lantana montevidensis
(sold as New Gold)
Lantana montevidensis
(sold as orange)
Lantana montevidensis
(sold as white)
Lantana montevidensis
(sold as yellow)
Verbena hybrid
(sold as Quartz scarlet)
Verbena hybrid
(sold as Sparkler Purple & White)
Verbena hybrid
(sold as Sparkler Red & White)
Verbena hybrid
(sold as Sparkler Sky Blue & White)
Verbena hybrid
(sold as Tapien Pink)
Verbena
(sold as Aztec Cherry Red)
Verbena
(sold as Aztec Light Pink)
Verbena
(sold as Aztec Raspberry)
Verbena
(sold as Aztec White Magic)
Verbena
(sold as Babylon Deep Pink)
Verbena
(sold as Sparkler Purple & White)
Verbena
(sold as Sparkler Sky Blue & White)
Hesperia comma, the Common Branded Skipper, can be found in AK,WA,MT,NM,TX,MN,WI,IA,MI,NH,VT,ME,OR,ID,WY,ND,SD,CA,NV,UT,CO,AZ, and NE.
Favorite nectar plants include: Cirsium, Lantana, and Verbena
USDA Growing Zones for these plants include: 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11
Host plants:
Bothriochloa saccharoides
Bouteloua gracilis
Bromus
Carex
Festuca ovina
Festuca rubra
Holcus
Lolium
Muhlenbergia
Poa
Poa arctica
Poa glauca
Poa secunda
Stipa thurberiana
PD images courtesy of:
Mike Elson
Dr. Thomas G. Barnes
Derek Ramsey GNU Free Documentation License 1.2
Derek Ramsey GNU Free Documentation License 1.2
FAL
Miles Frank, USFWS
CC 2.0 images courtesy of
Gail Hampshire
Gail Hampshire
and
Melissa McMasters
CC 3.0 image courtesy of
Lonnie Huffman