Stock Photo - Essex Skipper, Thymelicus lineola on Field Scabious, Knautia arvensis. Essex Skipper, Thymelicus lineola. Small orange skipper that is distinguished by black undertips of the antennae. Wingspread: 26 - 30mm. European buttefly, but spread into North America via hay bale imports in 1910. Name origin comes from discovery in Essex in 1888. Larval foodplants: Cocksfoot, Dactylis glomerata; Holcus mollis, Timothy, Phleum pratense; Tor grass, Brachypodium pinnatum. Flight: May-August.

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