Golden brown butterfly resting on a green leaf

Lulworth Skipper. Photo: Brian Arnold

View of a golden brown butterfly resting on green vegetation

Large Skipper. Photo: Brian Arnold

Brian sent us this Tale of Two Skippers with these photos:

We did our Durlston East transect count today, 14/06/2020 and were seeing Large, Small and Lulworth Skippers. After counting all 3 close to Tilly Whim on the coast path, we continued to the meadows and I saw a Skipper that I was convinced was a Lulworth – not somewhere we usually find them. On a closer look and taking a photo, it was the smallest dark coloured Large Skipper I think I have ever seen. I have attached photos of a Lulworth Skipper we saw today near Tilly Whim, and the Large Skipper in the meadows – both are female. Unfortunately from the photo you cannot see just how small the Large Skipper is. 

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