Lulworth skipper (Thymelicus acteon)
June 2025

📷 Canon EOS 1300D
+ EF-S 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II
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[Archive – 27/29-06-2024]

Just a day after my first brief hospital stay this Melanargia galathea made its very first appearance in my yard and wasn't the only species to do so during those three weeks I had to take it a little easier. On the 29th, just two days later, a single Thymelicus acteon, a species I last saw during the drought back in 2022, returned and pretty much let me know about it "in person" BUT in such a way I only managed to take a lazy but clear iPhone shot of it*. It‘s kind of funny to think about how my yard, which is largely unsuited for most of my local butterfly species, attracted two new species while I was unable to stick to my field trip routine.

(* I do have a Canon shot of it as well but it‘s as decent as you can imagine.)

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Right on my way back to my starting point, this Thymelicus acteon pretty much presented itself to me during yesterday‘s hike. Quite the moment, considering the vast majority of Thymelicus sp. appeared to be rather disturbed by my presence.

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