May 19, 2025 Dusted Skippers

Went on a quick run to Myles Standish State Forest today while the sun was still shining a bit. My goal today was to see if I could find more Frosted Elfins, Wild Indigo Duskywings, Dusted Skippers and Indian Skippers. I was successful with Frosted Elfins right away and ended up finding 5 of them in the hour I was out there.

The others were MUCH harder to come by. Wild Indigo Duskywing and Indian Skippers were not found, but it is early yet. They will show up for sure. Dusted Skippers have been reported in the area recently on iNaturalist, so I was pretty sure I would find those. By the time I got to the location that I have seen them before, the sun had mostly gone away and being a rather windy day, I knew I had my work cut out for me. After a while of seeing Duskywings hoping they were Dusteds, and Pearl Crescents (photo above), I saw something flying that looked a bit different. Thankfully, it was a Dusted! In all, I ended up seeing 3 of them.

For it being a short outing with less than ideal weather, I was happy with the results. I will return in about a week to see the others!