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Small Skipper (10)
cataclysta
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 845 W: 165 N: 2096]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-g-g.gif) (5468) | Photo of the Small Skipper taken yesterday. You can see another POV in my WS here.
Thymelicus sylvestris - Small Skipper
It has a rusty orange colour of wings, upper body and the tips of the antennae. This butterfly is very similar in appearance to the Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola. In the Small Skipper, the undersides of the tips of the antennae are yellow orange, whereas they are black in the Essex Skipper.
Family: Hesperidae
Wing span: 27-30mm
Habitat: meadows, clearings, forest edges
Flight period: one generation VI-VII
Distribution: western Palearctic, north-west Africa
Caterpillars host plants: various grasses – Holcus mollis, Calamagrostis epigejos |
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