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Large Skipper

Scientific name: Ochlodes sylvanus.

 

A small widespread butterfly with a darting flight. Upperwings orange with brown margins with a few pale orange spots.

 

Male Large Skippers are most often found perching in a prominent, sunny position, usually on a large leaf at a boundary between taller and shorter vegetation, awaiting passing females.

 

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Uploaded on June 25, 2017
Taken on June 25, 2017