"Dark blackish brown, with rounded wings, the common roadside skipper has a few small white dots in a line near the tip of the forewing. The outer portion of the hindwing below is dusted with violet gray scales, and the wing fringes are checkered buff and brown."

Photo taken with a Nikon D80 using a Nikon 200mm, f/4 micro, manual focus lens.

September 7, 2007.