23rd June 2024 - Polly M spotted a Small Skipper butterfly in her garden recently, perched prominently on a tall flower. This butterfly species starts to appear around mid-June, shortly before the very similar Essex Skipper. However, these two species can be distinguished by looking at the main colour of the underside of their antennae - most easily seen from the front - which are brown-orange in the Small Skipper, and completely black in the Essex Skipper.
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