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Small Skipper

Thymelicus sylvestris

Photo by Jopy
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Field Notes

Description:

It has a rusty orange colour to the wings, upper body and the tips of the antennae. The body is silvery white below and it has a wingspan of 25–30 mm.

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Small Skipper

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Comments (7)
Jopy
Hahaha guess where is little frog!? thanks for warning, i didn't see what i've done! Will move it tomorrow, not now :-)
injica
ha ha ha :D that's true, maybe there was a hungry lizard waiting somewhere from behind to eat it XD
MartinUrban
hi - really a nice photo ! but this spotting belongs rather to the butterflies and moths of europe mission ... unless there is some kind of mini-frog or so i havent recognized yet ! ;)
Jopy
ipak, small skipper, ima narančasta ticala, imam još jednu sliku koju nisam objavila i na njoj je potpuno narančast...
Jopy
hm...dobro govoriš, budem provjerila...
injica
jesi sigurna da nije Thymelicus lineola "They can be told apart by the undersides of the tips of the antennae: the Essex skipper's are black whereas those of the Small Skipper are orange."

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Butterflies & Moths of the World
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European Butterflies and Moths
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Wildlife of Adriatic Coast
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Butterflies and Moths of Croatia

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PublishedJune 13, 2013

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