Pieridae Butterflies
Orange Tip – Anthocharis cardamines
LHPs include: Cuckoo FLower (Cardamines pratensis); Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata); Tower Cress (Arabis turrita); Honesty Plant (Lunaria annua); Herperis lacinata.
Artogeia rapae – Small White
Polyvoltine. LHPs primarly brassicaceae, and also Capparis spinos, Atriplex sp, and Reopaeolaceae and Resedaceae
Nymphalidae
Nymphalis sp.
This butterfly, Anthocharis cardamines, prefers to dine on crucifers [1]. In our local area, we have quite a bit of Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata) growing throughout the woodland ravine, however there weren’t any growing when I saw this critter which may explain why he kept ‘running’ away from me to an area with more food.
Inachis io
Glanville Fritillary – Melitaea cinxia
Satyridae
Hyponephele sp.
Lycaenidae
Lycaena hippothoe
LHP include Polygonum bistorta; Rumex acetosa. I’ve seen it grazing on stinging nettle and yarrow later in summer.
Meleageria daphis?
Cupido sp.
Moths
Latticed Heath – Chiasmia clathrata
Spindle ermine moth – Yponomeuta cagnagella
Larvae eating in a silken web:
References:
[1] https://butterfly-conservation.org/butterflies/orange-tip
[2] https://ukmoths.org.uk/species/pyrausta-despicata/adult-3/
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