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Mike p
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Can any one help please with the id of this butterfly please. To me it looks a bit like a skipper but who knows which if it is. Thank you for any help

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Re: More confusion

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It is indeed a skipper, Mike, a very worn male Large one, characteristically poised on the tip of a plant ready to chase anything that moves. :)

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millerd wrote:It is indeed a skipper, Mike, a very worn male Large one, characteristically poised on the tip of a plant ready to chase anything that moves. :)

Dave
Thank you for your help I spend a lot of time in my local woods during summer and now and again I see something that confuses me. Thank you again for your help
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