Long-tailed Skipper (Urbanus proteus)

Order: Lepidoptera (le-pid-OP-ter-a) (Info) Family: Hesperiidae Genus: Urbanus (ur-BAY-nus) (Info) Species: proteus (PRO-tee-us) (Info) Profile: No positives 2 neutrals No negatives Regional... This bug has been reportedly found in the following regions: Vincent, Alabama Boca Raton, Florida Cheval, Florida Crestview, Florida Fernandina Beach, Florida Fort Lauderdale, Florida Gibsonia, Florida Lutz, Florida Pembroke Pines, Florida Quincy, Florida Sebastian, Florida South Daytona, Florida Dacula, Georgia Benton, Kentucky Chackbay, Louisiana Manning, South Carolina Oakland, South Carolina Eagleton Village, Tennessee Beaumont, Texas Doyle, Texas Fort Worth, Texas Houston, Texas Lufkin, Texas Roman Forest, Texas Spring, Texas Member Notes: Rating Author Comment Neutral justmeLisa On Aug 1, 2006, justmeLisa from Brewers, KY (Zone 6b) wrote: I enjoy these butterflies in my garden. They love lantana as nectar plants. I would rate them as a positive because I enjoy them. However, many farmers rate these butterflies as a negative. Their larvae spend their lives munching on legume leaves. Their larvae is known as the bean leaf rollers. Neutral steadycam3 On Nov 21, 2012, steadycam3 from Houston Heights, TX (Zone 9a) wrote: Found cats on my lima bean leaves, could only find two. Captured the smallest one and reared it on bean leaves. FYI, it ate very little of about 3 leaves. It took 42 days from an inch long baby cat to eclosed adult. See my photos of cats (out of focus) and of the chrysalis and adult in bug files photos.

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