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Ochlodes venatus

Large Skipper

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Vaud, Switzlerand, July 2006

 

Vaud, Switzlerand, August 2006

 

Vaud, Switzlerand, August 2006

 

Valais, Switzlerand, June 2006

 

Jura, France, July 2006

 

Valais, Switzlerand, July 2005

 

Piedmont, Italy, June 2004

Male with strong scent brand.

 

Valais, Switzerland, July 2004

Female lacks scent brand.

 

Var, France, August 2004

 

Cambridgeshire, UK, June 2000

 

Cambridgeshire, UK, June 2000

 

A widespread and often common butterfly. Of the "Golden" Skippers only it and the Silver Spotted Skipper, Hesperia comma, are this large. The latter species has conspicuous silver spots on the underside which venatus lacks. It is fairly early to emerge, following the spring butterflies in early June. This is earlier than most of the other Golden Skippers too which are summer butterflies.

They fly powerfully and are sometimes territorial.

 

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