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04-07-2010, 11:22 PM
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| | | skippers I.D please
Help with skipper I.D please    
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05-07-2010, 04:38 AM
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| | | Re: skippers I.D please
A female Small Skipper. The similar Essex Skipper has jet black undersides to the antennae tip looking as though they've been dipped in black ink! |
05-07-2010, 06:07 AM
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| | | Re: skippers I.D please
Photos 1, 3, & 4 are indeed Small Skipper, but photo 2 is a Large Skipper. Note the pale spots visible on the underside of the wings and the hooked antennal clubs.
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Originally Posted by balkantrek  Photos 1, 3, & 4 are indeed Small Skipper, but photo 2 is a Large Skipper. Note the pale spots visible on the underside of the wings and the hooked antennal clubs. | I agree.  |
05-07-2010, 08:44 AM
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Thank you all very much.
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05-07-2010, 04:35 PM
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Originally Posted by balkantrek Photos 1, 3, & 4 are indeed Small Skipper, but photo 2 is a Large Skipper. Note the pale spots visible on the underside of the wings and the hooked antennal clubs. | I didn't look closely at that one- from the original posting I thought they were all the same insect! Agree 2 is Large Skipper. | | |
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