Laval Food:
Adult Food:
Wingspan:
Habitat:
Flies/Found:
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Thistles,Common Nettle, Mallows and Viper's-bugloss.
Thistles, Bird's-foot Trefoil, Bugle,Hawkweeds, Heather,Ivy, Knapweeds
Male: 58 - 70 mm. Female:
62 - 74 mm.
Anywhere Thistles grow.
Arrive here late March thro' to June. They breed and create the next generation here.
They don't surrvive our winter and some attempt a return
migration in the Autumn.
In some years, the migration can be spectacular. The most-recent
spectacle, in 2009, is considered to be one of the greatest migrations
ever, with
sightings from all over the British Isles. This butterfly is the
only butterfly species ever to have been recorded in Iceland. They
sometimes look the worse for wear with parts of the wing missing due to
feeding on Thistles and
Brambles.
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