Skippers

[nick patel]

Is anyone able to tell me how to identify which sex a certain skipper is, especially the orange types (e.g. small, essex, large).

cheers.

[Pete Eeles]

Hi Nick,

In all these cases, the male has a sex brand on the forewing (a dark line). You can just about make them out on the following page:

http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species_ ... esperiidae

Cheers,

- Pete

[nick patel]

Do you mean this line:

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cheers.

[Pete Eeles]

Yep - that's a male Small Skipper you have there.

Cheers,

- Pete

[nick patel]

cheers a lot for that.

learnt something very valuable there.

cheers again.