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Host-plants : Urtica
Wingspan : 55-65 mm
Gallery
Aglais io
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10th May 2017, Thomas Huet
Clitourps, Manche, France.
Adult in the heathers
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1st July 2017, Thomas Huet
Clitourps, Manche, France.
Adult gathering pollen on Cirsium arvense
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14th January 2018, Thomas Huet
Clitourps, Manche, France.
Adult wintering in the butterflies house
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11th April 2018, Thomas Huet
Clitourps, Manche, France.
Adult gathering the pollen of Prunus spinosa
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27th May 2017, Thomas Huet
Clitourps, Manche, France.
Caterpillar
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4th July 2017, Thomas Huet
Clitourps, Manche, France.
Adult taking a sun bath
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28th March 2018, Thomas Huet
Clitourps, Manche, France.
Damaging adult
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26th April 2018, Thomas Huet
Clitourps, Manche, France.
Adult laying
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28th May 2017, Thomas Huet
Clitourps, Manche, France.
Young caterpillars
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2nd November 2017, Thomas Huet
Clitourps, Manche, France.
Adult taking an autumnal sun bath before winter
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11th April 2018, Thomas Huet
Clitourps, Manche, France.
Adult taking a sun bath
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26th April 2018, Thomas Huet
Clitourps, Manche, France.
Eggs