Perusing the iNaturalist website one cold winter day I came across two new county records for Peck’s Skippers (Polites peckius) in Nebraska. The first record (a handsome specimen) was found by UNL Associate Entomology Professor Tom Weissling in Nance County. The second record was from Scotts Bluff County where Steven Mlodinow photographed a Peck’s Skipper in Gehring. Peck’s Skipper has now been found in 73 counties and should eventually be found in all 93. Check your old records against the map below to see if you can fill in any more gaps. Let us know at nebraskabutterflies@gmail.com.
