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12-05-2009, 06:44 PM
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| | | Butterfly ID
Can anyone help ID this butterfly? Keep thinking it may be a Fritillary?  |
12-05-2009, 06:51 PM
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It looks like a Skipper butterfly but not sure which one, someone will come up with an exact I.D. soon, I'm sure.
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12-05-2009, 06:54 PM
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I agree with a Skipper, but it's too early for them yet. When was this picture taken?
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12-05-2009, 07:01 PM
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Looks like a Large Skipper, Ochlodes sylvanus. Pic a little small for me to say for sure! |
12-05-2009, 07:02 PM
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It's a male Large Skipper, I'm guessing the photo was taken last year? The first ones are usually on the wing in late May.
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12-05-2009, 07:03 PM
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| | | Re: Butterfly ID
If the underside of the antennal club is orange, (which I think is the case), its a Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris
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12-05-2009, 07:46 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by watsthat  If the underside of the antennal club is orange, (which I think is the case), its a Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris | This is only useful for seperating Small Skipper from the very similar Essex Skipper - Large Skippers also have orange undersides to the antennae!
The extensive dark markings on the wing (most obvious on the left in this photo) make it a Large Skipper.
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