Dingy Skipper

Erynnis tages

Dingy Skipper (Erynnis tages)
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The dingy skipper is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. Source

Where it is now

In the last 8 weeks this insect was recorded 4 times across 1 area (each area is a 5 degree square).

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Movement and weather

Each season it is first heard regularly where daytime highs are around 15°C (typically 14 to 19°C, from 5 areas). That holds across 15° of latitude, which suggests its timing follows temperature more than the calendar.

Over the weeks it was present in the past year, its centre in Europe ranged from 45°N in June to 61°N in June, about 1,700 km apart.

Arrival dates

The week it was first heard regularly in each region, after at least six weeks away. Dates differ from south to north, so a region has a range.

RegionFirst arrivalLast arrivalTypical peakAreas
Europe6 April 20264 May 202611 May 20265

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Figures are effort corrected and come from automatic sound identification, which makes mistakes. How this is measured and how it compares with human observers.