months seen in my garden: NONE
months seen in the English countryside: August
Monday 11th August 2003 at 9.40am on a chalk down in Dorset, I saw a Silver-spotted Skipper on Scabious. It saw me and moved faster than I could take a photo.
Size: 31mm (smaller than Small White - see list of butterflies by size)
First Generation flight period: August
Habitat: Chalk hills
Larval Food Plants: Grasses
Family Group: Hesperiidae - see list of butterflies by family