David Element
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______________________________________________ _______________ ___ ___ Butterflies 20 - Peacocks
PEACOCK BUTTERFLY Aglais io
PEACOCK
BUTTERFLY Aglais
io
PEACOCK BUTTERFLY Aglais io
- This
common and distinctive Peacock Butterfly Aglais
io is long-lived as an adult with a single generation each year in
the UK (although recently there has been evidence of a partial second
brood that may perhaps explain why the butterflies in these photographs
were seen so late in the year). The underside is very dark and cryptically
coloured in obvious contrast to the flash coloration and eyespots that the
butterfly employ so effectively as a deterrent to predatory birds. Peacocks
normally enter hibernation by late August and reappear the following
spring. They then mate and the females lay their eggs on Stinging Nettles Urtica dioica.
The butterfly illustrated feeding on Michaelmas Daisies Aster sp.
was photographed on a warm and sunny 27th September, an
exceptionally late date.
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