Larval Food Plant=Common Nettle.
Flight Period=Mar-Oct
Species Description
The Small Tortoiseshell is a stunning beautiful widespread and extremely common butterfly except in the north. The Small Tortoiseshell was once extremely numerous. Even more common than today. The Small Tortoiseshells numbers where decreased but now they are a common butterfly again. If you want Small Tortoiseshells to come to yore garden leave patches of Common Nettle fore the larvae to feed on. The adults love to feed on butterfly bushes.
No comments:
Post a Comment