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Skippers
Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2017 6:50 pm
by JIMCOBB49
Can anyone help me with these skippers,taken in Northumbria.Are they all Large Skippers?Thanks Jim
Re: Skippers
Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2017 8:03 pm
by Pete Eeles
Hi Jim - I believe them all to be male Small Skipper, based on various diagnostics - the colour of the undersides of the tips of the antennae, the shape of the sex brand, and the shape of the abdomen (long and thin, extending beyond the edge of the wings).
Cheers,
- Pete
Re: Skippers
Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2017 11:34 am
by JIMCOBB49
Thanks Pete.I was told by the resident expert at the site I took the photos that the skippers present were Large but I wasn't sure so thanks for the reply Jim