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Hesperia comma
As for most skippers, the Silver-spotted Skipper flies rapidly low over the ground and frequently visits flowers for nectar. The butterfly's proboscis is particularly visible on the first and third shot.
Alpine meadow, alt. 1500 m ASL. The general habitat for this butterfly is hills and mountains over grassy flowery places. Often found at high levels in the Alps, to over 2000m.
You can learn more about the butterfly's proboscis here: http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Ana...
19 Comments
Thank you J!
How delicate!
Thanks Yuko and Karen!
Very nice!
Lovely shots!
Thanks arlanda and KarenSaxton!
Awesome capture!
Very nice, Daniele. And congratulations!!
Thank you for your kind words Dan and António!
Phenomenal first shot!
Great capture Daniele,as usual,each spotting of you is allways a master piece,congrats and thanks for sharing such a amazing spotting page with us,congrats on the 300(3000 like Ashishe says:)
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Thanks Satyen! I just realized this is one month old. There are not many of those on the wing anymore :-(
Cool series! Amazing first pic!
And this is just another example of why scientific names are so important :-)
You're welcome Carol!
So cute! Thanks for the explanation Daniele. :)
Thank you Carol! Silver-spotted skipper is a common name given to 2 different species of butterflies. In North America, it is used for Epargyreus clarus. This must be the one you have in mind.
Gorgeous butterfly. Curious. Our USA Silver-spotted Skippers look completely different. R u certain of this ID? Thanks! Wonderful series.