DELICATE ARCTIC SKIPPER BUTTERFLY ON CLEAN, CRISP AND INVITING DAISIES, INVITING NOT ONLY TO BUTTERFLIES BUT TO ALL. Arctic Skpiier Butterfly: Family: Hesperiidae Subfamily: Hesperiinae Adult Food: Nectar from flowers including iris in California. Habitat: Glades and openings in heavily forested woods, moist meadows, and streamsides. Range: Central Alaska south to central California, south in the Rocky Mountains to northwest Wyoming, east across the Great Lakes states to New York and New England. Eurasia. Conservation: Not usually required. NCGR: G5 - Demonstrably secure globally, though it may be quite rare in parts of its range, especially at the periphery. The Shasta daisy is another classic daisy that bears a very similar resemblance to the English daisy. The Shasta daisy, however, has a much a larger yellow center and grows much taller, often reaching stem heights of two to three feet tall. Although popular in the United States, the Shasta daisy did not come into existence on its own. It was bred as a hybrid by a botanist named, Luther Burbank, in Mt. Shasta, California using three other daisies including the wild Oxeye daisy, also from the Leucanthemum family. A WARM AND FRIENDLY BUTTERFLY AND FLOWERS THAT WELCOME YOU TO THE GARDEN AND TO EARTH. SIGNALS GOODBYE TO SPRING AND THE WELCOMING OF SUMMER.

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