Essex Skipper

Posted on July 7, 2018 By Michael Griffiths

This skipper’s oval eggs are pale greenish-yellow, flattened above and below with slightly depressed tops. Caterpillars are green, with yellowish incisions between their rings; each with a dorsal, darker green stripe and yellow lateral lines. A larva’s head is pale brown striped with darker brown. Elongate chrysalids are yellowish-green, and each has a dark dorsal stripe seen in caterpillars.

Essex skipper

Essex skipper

Category: Wilden Marsh Nature Reserve

8 Comments on “Essex Skipper”

Tom's Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog
July 7, 2018

Superb Skipper shot, Michael! 🙂

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- Michael Griffiths
  July 8, 2018
  
  Thanks Tom.
  
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Murtagh's Meadow
July 7, 2018

Beautiful photo

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- Michael Griffiths
  July 8, 2018
  
  Thank you.
  
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Ellen Jennings
July 8, 2018

Wonderful image, Michael!

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- Michael Griffiths
  July 8, 2018
  
  Thank you, Ellen.
  
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Anne
July 8, 2018

A fantastic photograph!

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- Michael Griffiths
  July 8, 2018
  
  Thanks again, Anne.
  
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