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Hainault Forest Website Butterflies seen in the forest |
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SPECKLED WOOD Parage aegeria Woodland rides and edges. April - June & July - September. Foodplant: Grasses. Left: on stones in wildlife garden 22nd July 2011. Right: on bramble |
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Speckled wood on hedge bindweed 9th September 2009 |
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Far left: COMMA Polygonia c-album Clearings and rides in woods. End June - end April following year. Foodplant: Stinging nettle, Hops. June 2002.
Left: Comma feeding on blackberry juice. 4th October 2007 |
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COMMA Polygonia c-album on nettle 1st July 2005 |
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SMALL COPPER Lycaena phlaeas Egg laying on Common sorrel. Photo © Michael Rumble 10th October 2011. |
![]() Left: SMALL COPPER Lycaena phlaeas Fields and open ground. Three broods May-mid June, July-Aug, and mid Sept-Oct. Foodplant: Common sorrel, Sheep sorrel and other docks. Photo: © Iris Newbery Below: SMALL COPPER egg on stem of Common sorrel. Oct. 2001 |
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RED ADMIRAL Vanessa atalanta Any habitat. Migrant. End May - mid July, early August - mid Oct. or later. Foodplant: Stinging nettle, Hop. 4th Oct 07 |
PAINTED LADY Vanessa cardui Rough ground and lanes. Mid May - end June, early Aug - end September or later. Foodplant: Thistles, Stinging nettles |
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Above: GATEKEEPER Pyronia tithonus Male Grassy areas, woodland rides, and along hedgerows. Early July - mid Sept. Foodplant: Various grasses. Photo: © Iris Newbery.
Above right: Male Gatekeeper with the scent cells indicated on the forewings. These cells secrete a scent to which the female is attracted. Photo: August 1984.
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GATEKEEPER males sunning themselves on bramble leaves. August 1984 |
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SMALL TORTOISESHELL Aglais urticae Any habitat. Mid June - mid August, Sept - end May following year. Foodplant: Stinging nettle Photo: © Iris Newbery
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SMALL TORTOISESHELL Aglais urticae |
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PEACOCK Inachis io Any habitat. Mid July - end May following year. Foodplant: Stinging nettle. Photo: © Iris Newbery
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LARGE SKIPPER Ochlodes venata Photo: July 2000 Meadows, rough ground, rides and clearings. Early June - early August. Foodplant: Grasses. |
ESSEX SKIPPER Thymelicus lineola Grass areas. Similar flight period to Small skipper. Underside of antennae clubs is black. On bramble leaf. 11th June 2005 |
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SMALL SKIPPER Thymelicus sylvestris Grassy areas End June - mid August Foodplant: Softer grasses such as Yorkshire Fog. 1st July 2005. |
BRIMSTONE Gonepteryx rhamni. Open woodland. Food plants: Purging buckthorn and Alder buckthorn. Both are scarce trees in the forest area. One of each known. April 1992 |
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MEADOW BROWN Maniola jurtina Male. Grassy areas, open areas in woods. Mid June - mid September. Foodplant: Various grasses Photo: © Iris Newbery
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SMALL HEATH Coenonympha pamphilus Grassy areas. Mid May - end July and late August - early October. Foodplant: Grasses. Underside forewing has black spot containing one white dot. June 1993. |
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RINGLET PAIR Aphantopus hyperantus The Common. 13th July 2007. Grasses for egg laying, bramble foodplant. |
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Pair of COMMON BLUES on Common fleabane. August 2000, |
COMMON BLUE Polyommatus icarus Female on Michaelmas daisy July 1990 |
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Common Blue male nectaring on bramble July 1976. |
COMMON BLUE Polyommatus icarus Male. Rough ground, downland, heathland. Beginning Jun - July, Aug - Sept/Oct. Foodplant: Bird's foot trefoil. Photo: © Iris Newbery
HOLLY BLUE Celastrina argiolus Female. Woods and hedgerows Beginning April to end May, August. Foodplant: Spring - Holly Autumn - Ivy. Photo: © Iris Newbery |
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PURPLE HAIRSTREAK larva on young oak stem. June 2001 Photo: © Iris Newbery |
PURPLE HAIRSTREAK Quercusia quercus Just emerged. Oak woods Beginning July - end August. Foodplant: Common oak. August 2001. |
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PURPLE HAIRSTREAK Quercusia quercus On bramble Cabin Hill. 30 July 2006 |
PURPLE HAIRSTREAK Quercusia quercus Female on bramble Cabin Hill. 1st August 2006 |
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LARGE WHITE PAIR Pieris brassicae. Cabbages, cruciferous plants. Two generations between May - early September and in good years late September - October. Photo: 10th September 2007. |
WHITE ADMIRAL Limenitis camilla Roe's Well. 4th September 2006. Honeysuckle for egg laying, bramble foodplant. |
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GREEN VEINED WHITE Pieris napi pair Woodlands, damp meadows. Mid April - mid June, and mid July - end August. Foodplant: Garlic mustard, Water cress. Photo © Iris Newbery
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GREEN VEINED WHITE Pieris napi Male. June 2001 |
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ORANGE TIP egg in the flower-head of Cuckoo flower. May 1995. |
ORANGE TIP Anthocharis cardamines Male. Photo: © Iris Newbery
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ORANGE TIP Female Anthocharis cardamines Wood edges, hedgerows, and damp meadows. Beginning May end June. Foodplant: Cruciferous plants i.e. Garlic mustard, Cuckoo flower. Photo: © Iris Newbery |
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