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Two’s company

12 Monday Jul 2021

Posted by sconzani in insects

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British butterflies, mating butterflies, Small skipper, Small skippers mating

Two Small skippers are enjoying an intimate moment when …

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A third Small skipper, a male, tries to gatecrash the party.

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But, you know the old saying, ‘Two’s company; three’s a crowd’. After energetically trying to intervene, number three gives up and flies off to find a female of his own.

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