Two-spotted Skipper 
Euphyes bimacula

Two-spotted Skipper is rare in the Coastal counties, and a record from Turner County indicates that it probably occurs more broadly in the Lower Coastal Plain. The Two-spotted Skipper in Georgia was designated as a subspecies, (E.bimaculata arbogasti) by the late Ron Gatrelle and named “Arbogast’s Skipper” after Dr. Terry Arbogast. Arbogasti males are “rusty brownish orange with prominent veining on the ventral hindwing” while the two subspecies found north of Georgia have a “bright yellow-orange” VHW (E. b. bimacula) or “gray to olive-gray orange” VHW (E. b. illinois) (Gatrelle, The International Lepidoptera Survey- The Taxonomic Report, Vol 1). The habitat is sedge marshes, and the hostplant is likely Carex stricta. There are two broods: May to early June (records from May 2 to May 24) and late August into early October (records from September 12 and October 9). Early Date: May 2 (Chatham County); Late Date: October 9 (Camden County). Conservation Status: Threatened. Colonies should be protected.