"The smaller male is bright orange above, with a black stigma and dark, sawtooth margins edging both wings. He is paler orange below, the hindwing bearing scattered black spots. The female is larger and dark brown above, with an irregular band of orange spots across her wings. Orange-yellow or brownish yellow below, she has scattered dark spots and an irregular pale band The antennae of both sexes are much shorter than those of related skippers, barely exceeding the width of the head. "

This view shows the paler orange and the scattered black spots on the hindwings.

Here is a Fiery Skipper from BugGuide's webpage.

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

October 10, 2008.