I am hot, and sweaty, and fascinating

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I am fascinating to a grizzled skipper. No that is not a greying old man of the sea,, it is a type of butterfly. Bob and I were sitting and talking and enjoying the breeze under our pop up shade canopy. We were keeping an eye on the cats. Quite a variety of butterflies are enjoying the weeds and flowers in the yard and we were not moving around a lot. This one butterfly, that I have identified online would not leave me alone. It is called a grizzled skipper. It landed on my shoulder. It landed on my crossed legs. It landed on the back of my hand. I have never seen a live butterfly so up close. Of course I did not touch it, that knocks the scales off its wings if you do that. This is a black and tan smallish butterfly. The edges of its wings are kind of tattered looking or scalloped. I was fascinated myself. Looking at the antennae I could see that the ends had white on them,like they were dipped in paint. When it would face me I could see the eyes. Most interesting of all was its tongue. It was tasting my sweaty skin. The tongue was fairly long, and thinner than a human hair. It was kind of orange colored and I think it curls up when retracted. As long as I did not move fast, it sat on me. When it would fly away for a bit, it always came back. I bet you did not know I was such an attractive person.