Examples
of Grizzled Skipper Habitats.
Does the GS vary its preference for larval foodplant at different sites?
It has been known to lay on bramble but do the progeny survive?
Spring growth
Summer growth
This site holds a strong
colony of Grizzled Skippers as well as a wide range of other species including
Dingy Skippers.
Ownership is unknown.
Ownership is unknown.
A local Wildlife Trust site has an excellent
mosaic of early successional plants including Wild Strawberry, Creeping
Cinquefoil and Bramble all in close proximity.
This is a wetter site
as can be seen from the presence of Ragged Robin. Very good numbers of
Grizzled and Dingy Skippers are regularly recorded here.