The flowers in our back yard have been attracting some bees, moths, and other pollinators. I think this moth is a fiery skipper (Hylephila phyleus), in the skipper family of butterflies (Hesperiidae). These butterfies are distinctive because they rest with their forewings vertical and their hind wings flat. This one fluttered around the yard for quite a while, eventually coming to rest on a Salvia flower, with the white wall of our house in the background.. I grabbed a quick shot with the 100mm macro during the one second or so that she sat still (the color suggest that it's a female).
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