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skipper id
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2016 6:59 pm
by Simon Thurgood
Hiya
Please can you help with the id of this skipper?
Cheers
Simon
Re: skipper id
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2016 8:19 pm
by Kip
Looks good for Lulworth to me... ? in UK or overseas
Re: skipper id
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2016 9:38 pm
by Mark Colvin
Hi Simon.
Welcome to UKB.
It's never easy when they are past their best but this looks like a female Small Skipper
(Thymelicus sylvestris) to me. Its definitely not Lulworth.
More at:
http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species. ... sylvestris
Kind regards. Mark
Re: skipper id
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2016 10:13 pm
by Simon Thurgood
Thank you for that, never seen one with that amount of dark on wings, did think Essex but wrong antennae.
all the best
Simon