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Skippers
Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 12:00 pm
by 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.
Re: Skippers
Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 12:04 pm
by 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
Re: Skippers
Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 1:02 pm
by nick patel
Do you mean this line:
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cheers.
Re: Skippers
Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 2:34 pm
by Pete Eeles
Yep - that's a male Small Skipper you have there.
Cheers,
- Pete
Re: Skippers
Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 4:05 pm
by nick patel
cheers a lot for that.
learnt something very valuable there.
cheers again.