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Thymelicus lineola · juodabuožis storgalvis

EN · Essex skipper, European skipper DE · Schwarzkolbiger Braun-Dickkopffalter LT · juodabuožis storgalvis, gelsvasis storgalvis LV · melntaustu resngalvītis, melnūsainais pļavas resngalvītis PL · karłątek ryska

With a wingspan of 2.5 to 2.9 cm, it is very similar in appearance to the small skipper, Thymelicus sylvestris. They can be told apart by the forward-facing flattish part of the antenna tip: in the Essex Skipper this face is black, whereas in the Small Skipper it is orange or brown. Eggs are laid in strings on the stems of grasses where they remain over the winter.