Skipper

[ellarien]

There didn't seem to be many butterflies around in England, though we did start seeing more tortoiseshells, at least, the last few days I was there. This little thing is a Large Skipper, sitting still -- not something that happens very often -- at Longshaw Park last Tuesday.

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[lil-shepherd.livejournal.com]

temeres and I have both noticed it's a bad year for both butterflies and moths, though I have seen more over the last few days. The Skippers seem to be largely unaffected, and I have seen as many Commas this year as I did last (a couple) but the ones that migrate from the Continent are conspicuous by their absence. There are a good many Meadow Browns, but I have only seen a dozen or so Large Whites and I have yet to see a single Blue of any kind.

[ellarien]

I was thinking about your dragonfly post last week -- and we did see plenty of dragon/damselflies. The butterflies I'm used to seeing around our neck of the woods, beside tortoiseshells, are peacocks and red admirals and painted ladies, and there were none of those. Some "cabbage whites", lots of little brown things and skippers.