Ancyloxypha numitor
Wing span: 1 3/4 to 2 1/2 inches
leaves of various grasses including giant cut grass, Zizaniopsis; rice cutgrass, Leersia
flower nectar of low-growing plants including chicory, Cichorium; milkweed, Asclepias; pickerelweed, Pontederia; swamp verbena, Verbena; thistle, Cirsium; white clover, Trifolium; wood sorrel, Oxalis
moist or wet open places with tall grasses such as ditches, marshes, slow streams, also hillsides or old fields with tall grasses
males patrol for females in grassy areas, females lay eggs singly on grass blades, hibernates as third- and fourth-stage caterpillars