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12-Jun-2021 Gillian Mastromatteo

Mystery Skipper #1

Marlborough Forest (E6 trail)

These three shots are all of the same skipper. The only other skipper in the same clearing was an Arctic Skipper, and I spent some time tracking this down as the underside made me think it was a new species for me. Comments on iNaturalist suggest that the side views are a better match for Indian Skipper, though unusually small, while thhe upper side is a much better match for female Long Dash. (Female Indian Skipper looks very similar to Hobomok.) So this one has not been positively identified to species.

INaturalist observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/82764479

Nikon COOLPIX P900
1/500s f/5.0 at 107.0mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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