Small Heath Butterfly
Taken at Barns Ness on 18th July 2021 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode. 
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Taken at Tyninghame Bay on 20th June 2021 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File

Taken at Saligo Bay, Islay on 12th July 2017 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File

Taken at Culter Water on 14th July 2015 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode. Fact File

Small Heath Butterfly.
Species:
Order:
Family:
Coenonympha pamphilus.
Lepidoptera.
Nymphalidae.
Food:

Wingspan:

Habitat:
Flies/Found:

Feature:
The larval host plants are grasses.
Adults feed on nectar.
Male: 33 mm. Female:37 mm
Well-drained meadow and steppe habitats.
Usually two, occasionally three, broods and is on the wing from mid May until early October.
The small heath is a lateral basker, only ever resting with its wings closed and angled at 90° to the sun.