A newly released Dakota skipper butterfly feeds on the nectar of a purple coneflower. It uses its long proboscis, a tubular sucking organ, to extract sweet nectar from the coneflower.

The Dakota skipper favors high ground, and can often be seen fluttering around certain plant species they use for food, especially the purple coneflower. The sun was shining-skippers like to warm ...

MOORHEAD--The Dakota skipper butterfly has a sad, secretive story to tell. Once free to flit over millions of acres of unmolested prairie, the humble Dakota skipper's range has been drastically ...

A newly released Dakota skipper butterfly feeds on the nectar of a purple coneflower. It uses its long proboscis, a tubular sucking organ, to extract sweet nectar from the coneflower.

Earth8 After 22 years, Laguna Mountains Skipper Butterfly to be reintroduced to native habitat More than 200 chrysalis are raised for strategic placement by U.S. Fish and Wildlife.

One major threat to the Dakota skipper and other prairie butterflies is the disappearance and fragmentation of their homeland. The effect of farming on tall grass prairie land in the Midwest has ...

Cassie, the Massachusetts Butterfly Club founder, agrees. His front yard in Foxboro attracts an astounding 70 species of butterflies in an area about the size of a smallish party tent.

The moth-like skipper butterfly is no Monarch — they're typically an inch wide, ruddy brown and fuzzy. Somewhat homely, you might say. But to Erik Runquist's eyes, they're a beautiful sight.