Vanessids
Butterflies & Moths recorded in the Lancing area
Contents
Species
- Polygonia c-album - Comma
- Vanessa atalanta - Red Admiral
- Aglais io - Peacock
- Vanessa cardui - Painted Lady
- Aglais urticae - Small Tortoiseshell
Larval foodplants
- Comma - Hop, Stinging Nettle, elms, sallows, currants
- Red Admiral - Stinging Nettle, Hop
- Peacock - Stinging Nettle
- Painted Lady - Thistles, mallows, Nettle, Viper's Bugloss, knapweeds
- Small Tortoiseshell - Stinging Nettle, Annual Nettle, occasionally Hop
Comma - Polygonia c-album
Polygonia c-album
Comma
Polygonia c-album
Comma
Polygonia c-album
Comma
Polygonia c-album
Comma
Polygonia c-album
Comma
Red Admiral - Vanessa atalanta
Vanessa atalanta
Red Admiral
Nectaring on Buddleia davidii
Vanessa atalanta
Red Admiral
Peacock - Aglais io
Aglais io
Peacock
Painted Lady - Vanessa cardui
Vanessa cardui
Painted Lady
Larval foodplants: Thistles, also
mallows, Stinging Nettle, Viper's Bugloss, and knapweeds
Vanessa cardui
Painted Lady
Small Tortoiseshell - Aglais urticae
Aglais urticae
Small Tortoiseshell
Aglais urticae
Small Tortoiseshell
Larval foodplants: Stinging
Nettle, Annual Nettle, occasionally Hop
Aglais urticae
Small Tortoiseshell
Aglais urticae
Small Tortoiseshell
Aglais urticae
Small Tortoiseshell