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ArBOOretum

Cylburn Arboretum Friends is thrilled to present its annual “ArBOOretum,” a family-friendly event that celebrates the spirit of season in the heart of our beautiful public garden. Thursday, October 29th & Friday October 30, 202 from 5:00pm-7:30pm. Find more details HERE

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These days it is hard to miss the skippers flutter These days it is hard to miss the skippers fluttering from one flower to the next. At first glance, skippers look halfway between a butterfly and moth. Like butterflies and moths, skippers belong to the insect order called Lepidoptera, which means “scale-winged” (‘lepis’ = scale, ‘pteron =wing). Their wings are covered in tiny, overlapping scales that cover their wings like shingles. Together, the individual scales form the patterns we can see with our eyes.

Most skippers are small to medium, usually orange, brown, black, white, or gray. Skippers have large eyes and stout bodies. Like a butterfly, their antennae is club tipped but the key skipper ID characteristic is that each antenna tip is bent like a hook. Also similar to butterflies, they visit flowers and fly during the day. Like moths, skippers have hairy bodies and hold their wings flat out to the sides at rest (while a butterfly rests their wings above their body like a sail boat).

They are named skippers because of the way they “skip” or rapidly fly throughout the garden! You will find them zooming around from flower to flower in our Dahlia garden.

A couple fun facts about skippers: They can fly over 20 mph! And, skippers sometimes eat bird poop for an extra vitamin and mineral supplement!
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