Large Skipper on Wild Basil, Ardley Wood Quarry, Oxfordshire

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Large Skipper on Wild Basil, Ardley Wood Quarry, Oxfordshire - INSECTS
Ardley Wood Quarry BBOWT Nature Reserve, Oxfordshire, England, UK (August 2021)

For more information on this species of butterfly see:
Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus / Butterfly Conservation

Plant is Wild Basil Clinopodium vulgare.

Shooting Time 11:49
Tv(Shutter Speed) 1/125
Av(Aperture Value) 25
Exposure Compensation -2/3
ISO Speed 400

Latitude 51 56 29.9 N
Longitude 01 13 4.9 W
Altitude 128.20 m


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