Identification: Upperside is gray-brown; forewing has 3-5 small transparent spots; male has no stigma. Underside of hindwing is brown with heavy gray overscaling, only rarely with faint spots.

Flight: Two broods from February-October in the Deep South; several broods throughout the year in Florida, South Texas, and Arizona.

Wing span: 1 - 1 1/4 inches (2.5 - 3.2 cm).

Caterpillar hosts: Various grasses including Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense), Bermuda grass (Cynodon dactylon), and sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum).

Adult food: Nectar from flowers including croton, alfalfa, composites, lippia, and others.

Habitat: Open, sunny areas such as vacant lots, agricultural areas, road edges, and lawns.

Range: Resident from coastal Georgia south through Florida and west across the southern United States to southern California; south through Mexico and Central America to Patagonia. Expands its range northward in the summer to central California, North Dakota, southern Wisconsin, northern Michigan, and Washington, D. C.