Lulworth skipper form discrete colonies, with the largest containing up to 100,000 individuals. In the novel "The Return of the Native", by Thomas Hardy, a possible reference is made to Lulworth skippers in the "strange amber-coloured butterflies" which "were never seen elsewhere." Lulworth skipper The Lulworth skipper ("Thymelicus acteon") is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. Its name is derived from Lulworth Cove in the county of Dorset, England, where the first specimens in Great Britain were collected in 1832 by English naturalist James Charles Dale. The species occurs locally across Central Europe, Asia Minor and North Africa, where its population is
Skipper (cannon) was followed by a 21-gun salute by Skipper II on the Drillfield at the center of campus. On September 10, 2016, for the first time in its history, Skipper traveled outside the Commonwealth of Virginia for the Battle at Bristol, the kickoff game against the University of Tennessee Volunteers. It was played on the infield at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee in front of 156,990 people, the largest audience to ever watch a college football game. Skipper (cannon) "Skipper" is the name of the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets' cannon that is sounded at home football games and other