#ochlodes

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Large Skipper

A large skipper butterfly resting on a blade of grass, in one of the clearings at Glapthorn Cow Pastures.

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Yellow skipper, Fall in love with fall phlox 🩷

(F) 유리창떠들썩팔랑나비 (Ochlodes subhyalina)

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Ochlodes venatus Trivia time!

The name "karlątek" in it's Polish name refers to the small size of this butterfly, making it one of the smaller representatives of the skipper [powszelakowate] family. In fact, The body length does not exceed 20 mm, and the wingspan measures around 30 mm.

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Large Skipper, Ochlodes sylvanus Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/7.1 1/60 iso: 200 Srbskko, Czech Republic 7/5/2008

[thethingything]

whats your favorite moth & butterfly?

I think for moths it's probably a tie between death's head hawkmoths and elephant hawkmoths.

in terms of butterflies, I'm not actually sure, but I really like skippers just in general. I think they're really cute.

as a bonus here's a photo of a skipper that we saw back in 2016. I think it's probably a male large skipper (ochlodes sylvanus)

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Some skipper butterflies I caught for work. Left is a Woodland Skipper (Ochlodes sylvanoides) and right is a Long Dash Skipper (Polites mystic)

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Woodland skipper (Ochlodes sylvanoides)

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out of focus woodland skipper (Ochlodes sylvanoides) on Mexican Bush sage (Salvia leucantha)

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Stor bredpande (Ochlodes sylvanus)

En han. Bemærk den mørke streg på overvingen. Dette er et duftfelt, som består af særlige duftskæl. Hunnen mangler dette sorte felt i forvingen.

Large Skipper (Ochlodes sylvanus)

A male. Notice the black line on its front wing. This is a scent mark consisting of scent scales. The female lacks this mark.

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Large Skipper

A large skipper butterfly sitting on the edge of a butterbur leaf, at Felmersham Gravel Pits.

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This is a 'large skipper' 🌸 We participated in a butterfly transect last week. We saw so many beautiful species! 🌿 . To read about the survey, visit https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/06/29/gotta-count-em-all-butterfly-bonanza/ (link in our bio🙂) . #uk #unitedkingdom #england #somerset #cheddar #somersetwildlifetrust #largeskipper #skipper #ochlodessylvanus #butterfly #insect #lepidoptera #hesperiidae #ochlodes #britishnative #britishbutterflies #britishwildlife #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #naturewatch #transect #survey #volunteering #conservation #wildbeauty #butterfliesofinstagram #instabutterflies #staywild (at Cheddar, Somerset)

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Tagetes (marigold) and Ochlodes sylvanoides (woodland skipper)

A few weeks ago, I was at the Bloedel Conservatory and I took some photos of this butterfly, the woodland skipper. I mentioned it had a familiar face and, sure enough, I took these photos this morning in my back garden. 

The woodland skipper is native to British Columbia and the western United States. All butterflies have four wings but most hold them in such a way that it appears they only have two. When the woodland skipper is at rest. it holds it’s four wings separately and the forewing and hindwing can be seen clearly. 

Many butterflies are brilliantly colored but this makes them an obvious target for predators. The woodland skipper has a different strategy, hang out camouflaged in the trees and keep a low profile. Like many butterflies woodland skippers use chemical signals (pheromones) to find mates. They don’t need pretty colors to advertise their availability because a good, strong perfume seems to work just fine.

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Large Skipper, Ochlodes sylvanus Canon 7D EF 100 2.8 f/3.5 1/320 iso: 320 Milovice, Czech Republic 6/18/2014

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Where's the nectar? Butterfly foraging behaviour

Where’s the nectar? Butterfly foraging behaviour

The red admiral (Vanessa atalanta) with proboscis probing heather flowers. Spain. Photo by Raymond JC Cannon

Butterflies are nectar feeders and require frequent access to the sugars and amino acids that nectar provides. How do they find the flowers and inflorescences that provide them with nectar, and how do they locate the nectar once they have arrived at a flower?

Meadow brown (Maniola jurtina…