Maniola jurina
Our most common butterfly on the wing from May to September. Caterpillars rely on a wide variety of grasses for their food source.
Our most common butterfly on the wing from May to September. Caterpillars rely on a wide variety of grasses for their food source.
The male common blue lives up to its name as it is bright blue in colour. Found mainly across grasslands, it is on the wing from May to October in two brood. The caterpillar food plant is bird-foot-trefoil.
More information can be found at:
www.wildlifetrusts.org
A common butterfly found on grasslands. The male is bright blue and the female is bark-brown with delicate markings on the wing tips. On the wing from May to October in two broods. Caterpillar food plant is bird’s-foot-trefoil.
Our most common butterfly on the wing from May to September. Caterpillars rely on a wide variety of grasses as their food source.