Zabulon skipper lighter brown and having small black dots. The overwintering stage is unknown. The Zabulon skipper has two broods per year. Recorded food plants of the caterpillars are grasses such as "Agrostis", "Dactylis", "Elytrigia", "Eragrostis", "Leymus", "Poa", "Puccinellia" and "Tridens". Zabulon skipper The Zabulon skipper ("Poanes zabulon") (sometimes called the southern dimorphic skipper) is a North American butterfly first described by the French naturalists Jean Baptiste Boisduval and John Eatton Le Conte from the state of Georgia, United States. This small butterfly has slim, triangular wings. The upperside of the male's wings is mostly orange with the margins being dark brown.
Skipper (Barbie) wanted Barbie to have children; however, instead of having a married, pregnant Barbie, which would make her too domestic, Barbie would babysit Skipper. As Barbie's little sister, Skipper was Barbie's first family member sold. Since their introduction in 1964, Skipper dolls have changed drastically. Gymnast Skipper Weepin Skipper In 1975 Growing Up Skipper was released. The gimmick of the doll, which led to much controversy in the newspapers, was that if Skipper's arm was rotated, the doll would become an inch taller and small breasts would appear on her rubber torso. This concept was later used for Mattel's My Scene