small skipper
thymelicus sylvestris latin

The burial ground is a very good site for butterflies, such as gatekeeper, small skipper and meadow brown.

Small Skipper page page from the Butterfly Conservation web site.

Small Skipper page from www.ukbutterflies.co.uk.

Atalopedes campestris (called the Sachem in the United States) is a small skipper.

Small Skipper page from the BBC Science & Nature site.

How to distinguish the Small Skipper from the Essex Skipper.

With a wingspan of 2.5 to 2.9 cm it is very similar in appearance to the Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris.

Other important species include small skipper, common blue, small copper and orange tip butterflies, kingfishers, amphibians, and various Odonata.

The Moroccan Small Skipper (Thymelicus hamza) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family.

Holcus lanatus in its natural habitat is a food source for the Speckled Wood, Wall and especially Small Skipper butterflies.

Insects in summer include gatekeeper butterfly, meadow brown, Speckled Wood, small skipper, green-veined white, peacock butterfly and small tortoiseshell.

In mid-summer, there are large numbers of butterflies such as Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Small Skippers and Marbled Whites.

In the Small Skipper, the undersides of the tips of the antennae are yellow orange, whereas they are black in the Essex Skipper.

A wide range of butterflies are recorded which include Small Skipper, Common Blue, and there are local rarities such as Grayling and Brown Argus reported.

The Old Hay Meadow in the East Wood is home to Small Skipper, Common Blue, Small Copper butterflies.

For example, in the 470 class, only the crew is on trapeze, so it is beneficial to have a taller crew and a smaller skipper (because the boat requires a light overall weight).

The wildflower meadows and grasslands are the favourable habitats for many butterflies, such as the Large Skipper, the Small Skipper and the Dingy Skipper.

There were meadow browns, small skippers, and even painted ladies flitting among the tall flowering grasses on the canal bank, bending them over as they settled, knocking off the pollen in puffs of fine, yellow mist.

A meadow, where the grasses are permitted to flower in summer, is well known for attracting a range of native butterflies, notably the small blue, gatekeeper, wall brown, meadow brown and small skipper, all of which have become frequent visitors to the meadow.

Our richest wildflower meadow now has 62 species of plant, including the trefoils, vetches, sorrels and wild grasses essential as breeder plants for butterflies such as meadow brown, ringlet, large and small skipper, small heath, common blue and small blue copper.

Butterflies include Peacock, Comma, Meadow brown, Small heath, Small skipper, Essex skipper, Green veined, Large and Small white, Small copper, Brimstone, Holly blue, Common blue, Speckled wood and Gatekeeper.

The Southern Skipperling is smaller than the Least Skipper (it is also the smallest skipper in the United States) and the underside of the hind wing has a white ray which runs the width of the hind wing from the basal area to the margin.

With a wingspan of 2.5 to 2.9 cm it is very similar in appearance to the Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris.