Lathyrus Odoratus

By lathyrus

Mistaken identity

The much under-recorded Essex Skipper which is easily mistaken for the Small Skipper. The only reliable way of telling them apart is that the underside of the antennae tips are a glossy black in the Essex and orangey-brown in the Small. Of course you have to get really close and down low to see the underside of a Skipper's antennae. 

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