HESPERIDAE
Chequered Skipper (Carterocephalus palaemon)
Glasdrum Wood, Argyll & Bute, Scotland. 30th May 2015
Glasdrum Wood, Argyll & Bute, Scotland. 30th May 2015
Glasdrum Wood, Argyll & Bute, Scotland. 30th May 2015
Uunderside, Glasdrum Wood, Argyll & Bute, Scotland. 30th May 2015
Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris)
Male, Coombes Valley RSPB, Staffordshire. 30th June 2010
Female, Coombes Valley RSPB, Staffordshire. 8th July 2010
Female, Cissbury Ring, West Sussex. 31st July 2016
Note underside of antenna and see below.
Kithurst Hill, West Sussex. 29th June 2022
Note underside of antenna and see below.
Essex Skipper (Thymelicus Lineola)
Fairmile Bottom, West Sussex. 5th July 2016
Note the black tips to the antennae; see above for comparison with Small Skipper.
Female, Cissbury Ring, West Sussex. 31st July 2016
Note the black tips to the antennae.
Male, Alners Gorse, Dorset. 13th July 2011
The scent mark is parallel to the leading edge of the upperwing; compare with male Small Skipper (scroll up).
Male, Prees Heath, Shropshire 2nd July 2023
See above for note about the scent mark.
Lulworth Skipper (Thymelicus acteon)
Corfe Castle, Dorset. 20th June 2017
Corfe Castle, Dorset. 20th June 2017
Silver-spotted Skipper (Hesperia comma)
Aston Rowant Nature Reserve, Bucks. 31st July 2011
Aston Rowant Nature Reserve, Bucks. 31st July 2011
Aston Rowant Nature Reserve, Bucks. 31st July 2011
Large Skipper (Ochlodes venatus)
Male, Fermyn Woods, Northants. 4th July 2011
Male, Whitecross Green Wood, Oxfordshire. 25th June 2012
Female, Coombes Valley RSPB, Staffordshire. 30th June 2010
Male, Tugley Wood, Surrey. 1st July 2022
Dingy Skipper (Erynnis tages)
Deep Dale (near Sheldon), Derbyshire. 23rd May 2015
Kithurst Hill Meadow, West Sussex. 18th May 2021
Piddinghoe, East Sussex. 1st June 2013
Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus malvae)
Llanymynech Rocks, Montgomeryshire. 19th May 2013
Llanymynech Rocks, Montgomeryshire. 19th May 2013
Mating pair. Llanymynech Rocks, Montgomeryshire. 17th May 2014
ab. taras. Piddinghoe, E. Sussex. 3rd June 2013