Wild Indigo Duskywing is a member of the subfamily Pyrginae, known as Spread-wing Skippers. Blue Wild Indigo-Baptisia australis. Size: 30-35mm wingspan Identification: Upper side of forewing is dark on the ba… Their host plants are many species of Oak trees. Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius) This Duskywing butterfly is chocolate colored with some contrasting light and dark browns and a few light colored markings. Groundnut is not a listed larval host plant for either Wild Indigo or Zarucco Duskywings, the large visibly similar relative that this could also be. Juvenal’s Duskywing Erynnis juvenalis.

They are usually found basking in the sun in open areas.
Blue wild indigo was named the Perennial Plant of the Year™ in 2010 by the Perennial Plant Association, which indicates the gardenworthiness as well as easy maintenance of this plant. Right bottom: A caterpillar A small skipper butterfly with a wing span of 1 3/8 - 1 5/8 inches (3.5 - 4.1 cm).

Lifecycle. Mar 24, 2013 - Wild Indigo Duskywing – Erynnis baptisiaeFamily: Hesperiidae – Skippers / Subfamily: Hesperiinae – Grass skippersButterflies Home | Butterfly Index | Moths | Moths Index Live adult duskywing skippers photographed at DuPage County, Illinois. June 1, 2009. The adult sleepy duskywing eats nectar from flowers including blackberry, white clover, red clover, dogbane, and sunflower. The sleepy duskywing caterpillar eats wild indigo, lupine, and crown vetch . Juvenal’s Duskywing is a very common butterfly throughout Wisconsin. The female sleepy duskywing lays single eggs on the leaves of a host plant.
Overall it is dark brown with four misaligned white, hyaline (translucent) spots on the forewing and a prominent lighter patch next to them. Wild Indigo Duskywing on Blue Wild Indigo (Baptisia australis)(Legume family) in Morris County, New Jersey by Jane Hurwitz Jane Hurwitz (5) Above: A Blue Wild Indigo in the author’s garden in Morris County, New Jersey. May 9, 2011. This (likely) Wild Indigo Duskywing female was laying eggs on Groundnut along the river. Right top: A Wild Indigo Duskywing laid this egg on the Blue Wild Indigo. Other common names for this plant include Blue False Indigo, False Lupine, and Redneck Lupine.