Duskywing question

[Jim Wilkinson]

This duskywing (two photos attached), I saw at Marriottsville Area, Patapsco Valley State Park.  It was on the Howard County side along the RR tracks, just east of Marriottsville Road. iNaturalist gave it an ID of Mottled Duskywing, although Mottled is supposedly extirpated in Maryland.

Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks!

Jim Wilkinson

Columbia, MD

[Rick Borchelt]

Sadly no. The “mottled” comes from the mottled HW, which even with the little showing is clearly not the case here (but may have resulted in the iNat fail). They are extirpated here. Even if they were still around, Marriottsville would be  unlikely habitat. This is a typical presentation of female Juvenal’s/Horace’s. 

On May 1, 2026, at 3:10 pm, Jim Wilkinson <lakek...@gmail.com> wrote:

This duskywing (two photos attached), I saw at Marriottsville Area, Patapsco Valley State Park.  It was on the Howard County side along the RR tracks, just east of Marriottsville Road. iNaturalist gave it an ID of Mottled Duskywing, although Mottled is supposedly extirpated in Maryland.

Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks!

Jim Wilkinson

Columbia, MD

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