Rural Skipper

The Rural Skipper butterfly (Ochlodes agricola) is a member of the Skipper (Hesperiidae) family, and is found in the San Francisco Bay Area.

It is attracted to the following California native plants, found in the East Bay region:

Photo courtesy of Daniel Fitzgerald

Rural Skipper

Hordeum jubatum subsp. jubatum
foxtail barley
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Festuca octoflora
six-week's fescue
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Festuca idahoensis
Idaho fescue
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Elymus triticoides
beardless wild-rye
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Elymus condensatus
giant wild-rye
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Deschampsia elongata
slender hair grass
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Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. holciformis
tufted hair grass
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Bromus sitchensis var. carinatus
California brome
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Stipa pulchra
purple needlegrass
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Stipa lepida
foothill needlegrass
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Stipa cernua
nodding needlegrass
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Poa secunda subsp. secunda
one-sided blue grass
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Melica torreyana
Torrey's melic
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Melica imperfecta
small-flower melic
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Melica californica
California melic
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Koeleria macrantha
June grass
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Hordeum brachyantherum subsp. brachyantherum
meadow barley
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Festuca rubra
red fescue
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Festuca californica
California fescue
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Elymus trachycaulus subsp. trachycaulus
slender wheatgrass
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Elymus multisetus
big squirreltail
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Elymus glaucus subsp. glaucus
blue wildrye
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Elymus elymoides var. elymoides
squirreltail
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Distichlis spicata
salt grass
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Danthonia californica
California oat grass
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Bromus laevipes
woodland brome
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Agrostis pallens
seashore bentgrass
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Agrostis exarata
spike redtop
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