large skipper

[turlough]

Butterflies usually move around too much to get good photos of them but this male Large Skipper (Ochlodes sylvanus) was nice enough to keep sitting on this flower long enough for me to get several nice photos of him. You can even see his proboscis, both curled up and straightened out.

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Comments

[cmcmck]

We have one of the species here that goes by the lovely name of the dingy skipper!

[turlough]

I'm now imagining a sad, tattered little butterfly with a broken antenna and feeling very sorry for it :-)

[cmcmck]

Actually quite a pretty little thing:

[turlough]

What an elegant little fellow!

[shirebound]

Those close-ups are stunning. He's so handsome.

[turlough]

It always amazes me how photographs show up details you somehow just don't notice otherwise.

[yourlibrarian]

Oh, good pics!

[turlough]

I felt very lucky!

[adafrog]

Neat. :)

[turlough]

Such a nice and kind skipper, sitting still for me!

[thenewbuzwuzz]

Pretty!! Thank you for sharing. :)

[turlough]

It almost glowed in the sun!