brown with the abdomen being a lighter brown and having small black dots. The overwintering stage is unknown. The Zabulon skipper has two broods per year. Host plants Recorded food plants of the caterpillars are grasses such as Agrostis, Dactylis, Elytrigia, Eragrostis, Leymus, Poa, Puccinellia and Tridens. References External links Zabulon Skipper, Butterflies of Canada Zabulon Skipper diagnostic photographs Zabulon Skipper, Butterflies and Moths of North America Lon Butterflies of North America Butterflies described in 1837