Common Checkered Skipper, (Pyrgus communis) on Sky Blue Aster (Aster oolentangiensis)

There won’t be many days left this year to photograph butterflies because we are at the end of the growing season. Walking the prairies at the PGT today the flowers that I saw were different kinds of asters and goldenrods. The asters had many kinds of butterflies and bees feeding on them. This is the first time I’ve identified the Common Checkered Skipper.