This skipper has a 3/4 – 1 inch wingspan. Dorsally, the forewing is orange on the leading edge with thick black trailing edges. The hindwing is black with a cluster of orange spots. Ventrally, the hindwing is brown with 2 large connected yellow patches of square spots with the central spot extending beyond the others. The forewing is brown with yellow spots. The mature caterpillar is approximately 7/8 inch in length. It is a dirty brown color with pale indistinct spots and a dark mid-dorsal stripe. The head is dark brown and the collar is black with a whitish anterior margin. The 8th spiracle (at the end of the abdomen) is enlarged and black.
In summer this species is fairly common in moist grassy areas and edges of marshes. It can be seen almost anywhere in Fontenelle Forest or Neale woods nectaring on flowers.
This skipper was formerly called Yellowpatch Skipper. Host plants are various grasses including blue grass and rice cutgrass.
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