Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae)

            Flocking around Buddleias and ice plants in gardens and on thistles and nettles in the countryside, small tortoiseshells have become one of the most familiar of British butterflies. They live through the winter as butterflies and hibernating may start as early as August. They  have been known to enter houses and rest in corners of ceilings or under curtains, but mostly they use garages or sheds which are not too damp. They become active again in mid-March, and lay eggs in May. These lead to a generation of butterflies in June which lay eggs to produce butterflies that hatch in August/September. Immigrant tortoiseshells reinforce the species in July/August.
As with all British butterflies they have suffered a drop in populations in recent years, making it all the more important that we provide food plants for them in our gardens
   

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / Sheffield / Woodhouse (show map)

Taken on: July 12, 2013

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