Sven Zacek / Small Skipper Butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) feeding on flowers. Estonia, Europe, June.
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Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) resting on Ribbed meliot (Meliotus officinalis), Powerstock Common DWT reserve, Dorset, UK, June
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Edwin Giesbers / Portrait of Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) at rest on flower, Lesbos, Greece
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Andy Sands / Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris) covered in dew, Hertfordshire, England, UK
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Ross Hoddinott / Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) resting on grass head, Vealand Farm nature reserve, Devon, UK. July.
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Nick Upton / Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) nectaring on a Greater knapweed flower (Centaurea scabiosa) in a meadow, Green Lane Wood, Wiltshire, UK, July.
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Colin Varndell / Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) butterfly at rest. Dorset, UK, July.
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Ross Hoddinott / Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) resting on devil's bit scabious (Succisa pratensis), Collard Hill, Somerset, UK. July.
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Lorraine Bennery / Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) feeding on flowers, Hautes-Alpes, France, July.
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Lorraine Bennery / Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) feeding on flowers, Hautes-Alpes, france, July.
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Nick Upton / Small skipper (Thymelicus sylvetris) nectaring on a Greater knapweed flower (Centaurea scabiosa), with a Marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) hovering nearby, Wiltshire, England, UK, July.
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Nick Upton / Small skipper (Thymelicus sylvetris) nectaring on a Greater knapweed flower (Centaurea scabiosa), Wiltshire, England, UK, July.
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Nick Upton / Small skipper (Thymelicus sylvetris) nectaring on a Greater knapweed flower (Centaurea scabiosa), with a Marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) landing briefly to feed on pollen next to it, Wiltshi...
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Rod Williams / Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) feeding on red clover Lewisham, South East London, England, UK, July.
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Edwin Giesbers / Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) Aosta Valley, Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy.
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Kim Taylor / Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris) males approaching female. Italy, July
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Rod Williams / Small Skippers (Thymelicus sylvestris) mating butterfly pair, Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, UK July
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Ross Hoddinott / Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) resting on grass, covered in dew, Devon, England, UK, July.
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Rod Williams / Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, UK. July.
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Rod Williams / Small skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris) female feeding on Birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, UK. July.
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Nick Upton / Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) nectaring on a Field scabious flower (Knautia arvensis) with its long proboscis, chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, July
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Rod Williams / Male Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) feeding on Bird's foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) flower, Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, England, June.
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Rod Williams / Male Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) feeding on Bird's foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) flower, Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, England, June.
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Rod Williams / Female Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) feeding on flower, Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, England, July.
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John Waters / Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) resting on flower spike of Pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) Somerset, UK, July.
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David Kjaer / Small skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris) female, Wiltshire, UK, July.
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Andy Sands / Small skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris) warming wings in early morning sun, still with some dew on wings and antennae, Hertfordshire, England, UK. July. Focus stacked image.
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Alan Williams / Small skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris) feeding on Knapweed (Centaurea nigra) in meadow. Cheshire, UK, August.
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Andy Sands / Small skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris) covered in early morning dew on flower of Greater bird's-foot-trefoil, Hertfordshire, England, UK. July. Focus stacked image.
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Andy Sands / Small skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris) covered in early morning dew, Hertfordshire, England, UK. July. Focus stacked image.
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Andy Sands / Small skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris) in dew, Hertfordshire, England, UK. July. Focus stacked image
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Stephen Dalton / Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) in flight, Sussex, England, UK, July.
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Stephen Dalton / Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) Sussex, England, UK, July.
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Stephen Dalton / Small skipper butterflies (Thymelicus sylvestris) mating, England, UK, July.
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Rod Williams / Female Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) feeding on small scabious, Hutchinson's Bank, New Addington, UK, August.
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Rod Williams / Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) feeding on ragwort, Lewisham, London, UK, July.
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Nick Upton / Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) feeding on Greater knapweed flower (Centaurea scabiosa) in a chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, July.
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Jussi Murtosaari / Essex Skipper (Thymelicus lineola) on Mountain Apollo (Parnassius apollo) butterfly wing, southwest Finland, July.
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Nick Upton / Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) using long proboscis to feed on Greater knapweed flower (Centaurea scabiosa), chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, July
Kim Taylor / Small Skipper Butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) feeding on nectar of Pink flower, Croatia
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MYN / Matt Cole / Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris), Leicestershire, England, UK, July. meetyourneighbours.net project
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Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Male Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) feeding on nectar from Black knapweed (Centaurea nigra) flower at RSPB's Hope Farm Reserve, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, July
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Nick Upton / Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) foraging on Cretan oregano (Origanum onites) flowers growing near the coast with the sea in the background, Lesbos / Lesvos, Greece, June.
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Nick Upton / Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) resting on a flower bud, Lesbos / Lesvos, Greece, June.
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Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) resting on seedhead, Powerstock Common DWT reserve, Dorset, UK, June
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Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) resting on seedhead, Powerstock Common DWT reserve, Dorset, UK, June
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Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) resting on seedhead, Powerstock Common DWT reserve, Dorset, UK, June
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Russell Cooper / Small Skipper Butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) feeding from Thistle flowers, Morden, South London. UK, July
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Russell Cooper / Small Skipper Butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) feeding from Thistle flowers, Morden, South London. UK, July
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Robert Thompson / Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) on Asteraceae flower, UK
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Stephen Dalton / Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) on clover flower, UK
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Stephen Dalton / Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus flavus) on vetch flower, UK
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Stephen Dalton / Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus flavus) on knapweed flower, UK
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Nick Upton / Male Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) with clear "sex brands" - lines of scent scales. Wiltshire, UK, June.
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Paul Harcourt Davies / Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) in characteristic rest position with fore-wings half open and hind wings flat, Italy
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Paul Harcourt Davies / Small skipper butterflies (Thymelicus sylvestris) feeding on mud containing boar and other animal droppings from which they obtain minerals and salts, Italy
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Paul Hobson / Small skipper butterfly {Thymelicus sylvestris} with wings folded feeding on Knapweed flower, Derbyshire, UK
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David Kjaer / Male Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) on flowers, Dorset, England, July
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Russell Cooper / Small Skipper Butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) feeding from Yarrow flowers (Achillea millefolium) proboscis clearly visible, London. UK.
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Andy Sands / Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris) In typical rest posture on flower, Hertfordshire, England, UK
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Ross Hoddinott / Small skipper butterfly {Thymelicus sylvestris} on Purple loosestrife flower, covered in morning dew, with proboscis extended, Tamar lakes, Cornwall, UK
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George McCarthy / Small skipper butterflies {Thymelicus sylvestis} on grass, North downs, Surrey, UK
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Paul Hobson / Small Skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) on twig, wings closed, Peak District NP, UK
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David Kjaer / Small skipper butterfly {Thymelicus sylvestris} Wiltshire, England.
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Andy Sands / Small skipper butterfly {Thymelicus flavus} resting with wings closed, Hertfordshire, UK.
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Andy Sands / Small Skipper butterfly {Thymelicus flavus / sylvestris} resting with wings open, Hertfordshire, UK.
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Kim Taylor / Small Skipper Butterfly (Thymelicus flavus) sunning. Surrey, UK.
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Michael Hutchinson / Small skipper butterfly {Thymelicus sylvestris / flavus} UK.
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SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Small skipper butterfly, England, UK
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Philippe Clement / Small skipper butterfly {Thymelicus sylvestris} on Sweet william flower. Alps, Switzerland
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George McCarthy / Small skipper butterflies mating {Thymelicus sylvestris} North Downs, Surrey, UK
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Guy Edwardes / Small skipper butterflies (Thymelicus sylvestris) pair mating, Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria. June.
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Ashley Cooper / Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) resting on leaf, Foulshaw Moss Nature Reserve, Cumbria, UK. July.
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Guy Edwardes / Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) and Marbled white butterfly (Melanargia galathea) resting on Field scabious (Knautia arvensis) flower, Provence, France. July.
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Nick Upton / Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) nectaring on Rough hawkbit (Leontodon hispidus) flower in meadow, Morgan's Hill Nature Reserve, Wiltshire, UK. July.
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Mike Read / Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) nectaring on Marjoram (Origanum vulgare) flower, King Barrow Quarry Nature Reserve, Isle of Portland, Dorset, England, UK. July.
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Stephen Dalton / Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) feeding from Knapweed, Ardingly, Sussex, England, UK, June.
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Alex Hyde / Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris) Derbyshire, UK. July. Focus stacked image.
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Ross Hoddinott / Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) resting on Cocksfoot (Dactylis glomerata) grass head. Green Down Somerset Wildlife Trust Reserve, England, UK. June.
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Guy Edwardes / Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris), Badbury Rings, Dorset, England, UK
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Nick Upton / Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) nectaring on a Field scabious flower (Knautia arvensis) with its long proboscis, chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, July.
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Andy Sands / Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) perched on top of Pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyrimidalis) Hertfordshire, England, UK, June
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Nick Upton / Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) nectaring on Tufted vetch flowers (Vicia cracca) in a woodland ride, Wiltshire, UK, July.