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The Small Skipper is distinguished from the Large Skipper by the fact that it is smaller (strangely enough!) and lacks the brown wing-markings. The male still sports sex brands though, as here
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With no sex brand, the upper wings of the female Small Skipper are almost entirely plain, with just a slight veining visible
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The underwing is also plain (in both sexes), but the lower wing is noticeably buff-coloured rather than orange
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As with the Large Skipper, the wings are usually held in this angled manner
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The Small Skipper is distinguished from the Essex Skipper by the fact that the underside of the tips of its antennae is orange rather than black - not easy to see at a casual glance but clear in these head-on views
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Mating pairs - female to the right in the first image, more clearly to upper left in the second
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Another pair on a different occasion, clearly showing the orange antenna tips characteristic of a Small Skipper
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