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18-07-2007, 07:21 AM
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| | | Skipper? ID please
Is this a skipper?
Found on uncultivated grass field at Anston, Little Stones (SSSI).
There several active during the evening.
Les
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18-07-2007, 07:58 AM
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| | | Re: Skipper? ID please
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Originally Posted by Nettle Runner  Is this a skipper?
Found on uncultivated grass field at Anston, Little Stones (SSSI).
There several active during the evening.
Les | Hi Nettle Runner,
Found this picture as the latest upload in your Gallery... 
Yes that's definitely a skipper and looks like a large skipper to me but I'm very new to lepidoptera so someone may correct me very quickly 
BTW, I see you've posted it as an unidentified moth, which is exactly the mistake I made when I first photographed one, as it's really a butterfly. It's the clubs on the antennae that are the best guide. Moths have feathery antenae.
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18-07-2007, 08:12 AM
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| | | Re: Skipper? ID please
I'll say male large skipper
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| | | Re: Skipper? ID please
Agreed, Large Skipper - Ochlodes venata . |
18-07-2007, 11:39 AM
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| | | Re: Skipper? ID please
Thanks guys.
There's no hidding place on here 
I did think moth, mainly due to its size, but on looking through the Gallery realized that it looked like a skipper.
I thought the set of the wings at rest was unusual, as one pair seemed to be flat, while the other pair were held at about 45 deg.
I have learnt another ID feature today - the club or feather antennae. Thanks for that.
Thanks for uploading the image, pressld2. Another senior moment I'm afraid 
Les
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