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Female.
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Essex Skipper has black tips to antennae.
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Small Skipper has rufous tips to antennae.
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Information
| UK BAP status: | Not listed |
| Local status: | Locally common.
Found in colonies all over county in suitable habitat.
Easily confused with Small Skipper. (See above). |
| Size: | Small. |
| Larval foodplant: | Cock's-foot preferred, but other grasses used too |
| No. of broods: | One |
| Flight time(s): | Early July to mid August.
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| Winter: | Egg. Doesn't hatch until spring. |
| Habits: | Males perch or patrol for females.
Females are more secretive.
Both sexes feed on wide range of nectar sources.
Perches with forewings half-closed.
Flies as a high-speed orange blur.
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| Habitats: | Unimproved grassland,
woodland rides,
brown-field sites,
road verges,
field margins |
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