The adult Silver-spotted skipper occurs in fields, gardens and at forest edges.

Silver-spotted Skipper is the common English name given to two species of butterfly:

Butterflies include chalkhill blue, Brown Argus and silver-spotted skipper; the latter was re-introduced to the site in 1998.

Conservation schemes have focussed on providing the Silver-spotted Skipper with suitable habitats, with positive results.

Silver-spotted Skipper page from Captain's European Butterfly guide.

The Silver-spotted Skipper (Hesperia comma) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family.

Silver-spotted Skipper Hesperia comma.

Also, a wealth of butterfiles including the scarce silver-spotted skipper can be seen on the grasslands at Langdon and Lighthouse Down.

The chalk grassland here supports large butterfly populations, including very large numbers of Chalkhill Blue, and a colony of Silver-spotted Skipper.

"This is my first count," said Mrs. Noyes, who soon spotted a caterpillar - perhaps a silver-spotted skipper caterpiller - on the leaf of a wild cherry bush.

Notable butterfly species include Adonis Blue (Lysandra bellargus) and Silver-spotted Skipper (Hesperia comma) which may be found on warm, sheltered, south facing slopes.

Don't miss: chalk downland butterflies at nearby Denbies Hillside (north west of Dorking), such as the Marbled White, Chalkhill Blue and Silver-Spotted skipper.

Mr. Zirlin and Mr. Ingraham share an impressive ability to spot butterflies where none seem at first to be, and they gleefully took roll at Snug Harbor: "Silver-spotted skipper!

As well as this, over 30 species of butterfly have been recorded, including populations of Duke of Burgundy and the Silver-spotted Skipper, making the area an important conservation area for many butterfly species.

We've been watching the butterflies - the monarchs, the swallowtails, the silver-spotted skippers - balance their long delicate legs on the flowerheads, while they stick their long proboscises into one tubular flower after another, getting dusted with pollen.

It is known as the Common Branded Skipper or Holarctic Grass Skipper in North America, where the butterfly Epargyreus clarus, a spread-winged skipper, also has the common name of "Silver-spotted Skipper".

Twenty-five species are known to breed, including colonies of Silver-spotted Skipper and Duke of Burgundy, together with comparatively large populations of Brown Argus, Green Hairstreak, Chalkhill Blue, Marbled White and Dingy Skipper.

It is known as the Common Branded Skipper or Holarctic Grass Skipper in North America, where the butterfly Epargyreus clarus, a spread-winged skipper, also has the common name of "Silver-spotted Skipper".

It is known as the Common Branded Skipper or Holarctic Grass Skipper in North America, where the butterfly Epargyreus clarus, a spread-winged skipper, also has the common name of "Silver-spotted Skipper".

The Silver-spotted Skipper (Hesperia comma) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family.

Silver-spotted Skipper Hesperia comma.

A study of Hesperia comma butterflies in Britain identified unoccupied habitat sites that were likely to support the species under a warmer climate based on their similarity to occupied sites.

Notable butterfly species include Adonis Blue (Lysandra bellargus) and Silver-spotted Skipper (Hesperia comma) which may be found on warm, sheltered, south facing slopes.