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Large Skipper

Ochlodes sylvanus

Photo by acl.jdalziel
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Upperwings orange with brown margins with a few pale orange spots

Habitat:

Sefton Coast; among established dunes.

Notes:

Probably a Male Large Skipper as they are most often found perching in a prominent, sunny position, usually on a large leaf at a boundary between taller and shorter vegetation, awaiting passing females.

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