Banded Yeoman
06-Sep-2012, 01:38 PM
Went out around outside my house to check for any t. dominus, out of boredom earlier.
Instead, I chanced upon this small skipper, which was unlike anything I had ever seen before.
It was very dark, appearing almost black, but the flash blew the colours out. The pale apex is definitely not a trick of the flash. I chased him in the undergrowth for quite some time, until I lost sight of him. Spent a long time looking but to no avail.
Uncle Seow, Is this a matapa aria?? It was much smaller and darker than the m. aria individuals that I have seen before.:thinking:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8033/7941523072_84993269ea_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/62936898@N03/7941523072/)
Matapa??? (http://www.flickr.com/photos/62936898@N03/7941523072/) by bluebottlethejon (http://www.flickr.com/people/62936898@N03/), on Flickr
Instead, I chanced upon this small skipper, which was unlike anything I had ever seen before.
It was very dark, appearing almost black, but the flash blew the colours out. The pale apex is definitely not a trick of the flash. I chased him in the undergrowth for quite some time, until I lost sight of him. Spent a long time looking but to no avail.
Uncle Seow, Is this a matapa aria?? It was much smaller and darker than the m. aria individuals that I have seen before.:thinking:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8033/7941523072_84993269ea_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/62936898@N03/7941523072/)
Matapa??? (http://www.flickr.com/photos/62936898@N03/7941523072/) by bluebottlethejon (http://www.flickr.com/people/62936898@N03/), on Flickr