Essex skipper
European skipper thymelicus lineola latin

There is also a colony of the uncommon Essex Skipper butterfly.

It is rarely utilized by the Essex Skipper.

Twenty-six species have been regularly recorded, including green hairstreak, brown argus and Essex skipper.

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

This butterfly is very similar in appearance to the Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola.

How to distinguish the Small Skipper from the Essex Skipper.

Although called 'Large' this is still a relatively small butterfly and not much larger than either the Small or Essex Skippers.

The Essex Skipper (Thymelicus lineola) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family.

But the signs are that the Essex skipper will give Atherton good news before leading his side against Lancashire in their Sunday League clash.

The caterpillars of some Lepidoptera use it as a food plant, e.g. the Essex Skipper (Thymelicus lineola).

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

The site hosts the flowers of chalk grassland and has butterfly habitats with several different species of butterfly including the Hamearis lucina, Theclinae and the Essex Skipper.

The caterpillars pupate near the base of the foodplant in June with the first adults on the wing at the end of June, a week or two before the first Essex Skippers.

The show of dissent didn't do Foster's England chances any harm as 72 hours later he was told of his recall by Essex skipper Graham Gouch at the expense of Lancashire's Phil de Freitas.

Species seen include Water Vole, Water Shrew, Banded Demoiselle, Dragon fly, Common Blue, Essex Skipper, Purple Hairstreak, White Admiral, Emperor Moth, Rosy Footman, Elephant Hawk-moth.

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 marshes contain several species of insect with a restricted distribution in the London area such as the Essex skipper butterfly Thymelicus lineola, an uncommon hoverfly Volucella inanis, a pyralid moth Shoeribius micronellus and the sporadic breeding by the nationally-endangered Marsh Warbler.