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Posted: 20 Jul 2020


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Small Skipper on Knapweed. Thymelicus sylvestris. Underwing

Small  Skipper on Knapweed.  Thymelicus sylvestris.  Underwing
Or possibly the Essex Skipper, Thymelicus lineola.

These little butterflies were ubiquitous here, flitting around in the tall grasses and mostly sipping nectar from hard-heads, Centaurea / knapweed..

Cämmerer zu Nau, Berny, DOMCHO, Nicole Merdrignac and 12 other people have particularly liked this photo


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 neira-Dan
neira-Dan club
superbe capture
3 years ago.
 Keith Burton
Keith Burton club
Beautifully captured Amelia..............the detail is wonderful.

I'd be inclined towards the Small Skipper: The difference in maily in the antennae, in the Small Skipper these are orange-brown, whereas the Essex Skipper's appear to have been dipped in black ink (info from the East Midlands Butterfly Conservation website).
3 years ago. Edited 3 years ago.
 Joe, Son of the Rock
Joe, Son of the Rock club
Excellent focus on the eye, Amelia. A lovely macro shot. All the best, Joe
3 years ago.
 Jean
Jean
Wonderful light and detail on the skipper.
3 years ago.
 Earthwatcher
Earthwatcher club
Lovely macro! Well taken, Amelia.

I would agree that it is a Small skipper and not an Essex skipper. The accepted way of telling them apart is by the antennae, especially on the underside: the Essex skipper has very well defined jet-black tips to the antennae, "as if they had been dipped in ink".
Good video here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfeX6guLND4
3 years ago.
 Nicole Merdrignac
Nicole Merdrignac club
Superbe capture. Nicole.
3 years ago.

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