Hi, All.
Posted a photo earlier in the year of the first Skipper I've ever seen. then went on holiday and what was the first butterfly I saw. Will say where later, but clue is long flight west.
Skipper but not in the UK
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Re: Skipper but not in the UK
There are Essex Skippers in the States - and that's what this little chap looks like to me... They are believed to have stowed away as ova or larvae on grass exported from Europe.
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I agree with Dave. The second is a male Essex skipper and the first looks like a female. Americans call this the European skipper.
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And where, believe it or not, it is considered a pest in some regions!
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Hi,All.
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Re: Skipper but not in the UK
Finding it hard to believe, Pete, in all honesty.Pete Eeles wrote:And where, believe it or not, it is considered a pest in some regions!
How can this particular butterfly species be deemed a 'pest'?
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I breathed a sigh of relief on Friday morning when I realised that UK was NOT about to lose a Skipper. It would have been a tragedy if the Chequered Skipper had to be deleted from uk.butterflies.co.uk as no longer occurring in UK but only in the former UK (FUK). Not my original joke but a variation thereof. That referendum would have thrown up some odd side effects had it gone the other way .
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