Wing Wednesday Wall!
A Wall butterfly settled on the coast path between Filey and Scarborough! Happy Wing Wednesday everyone!
The Wall (Lasiommata megera) is named after its habit of basking on walls, rocks, and stony places. The patterned light brown undersides provide good camouflage against a stony or sandy surface.
The Wall favours short, open grassland, where turf is broken or stony. It is also found on dunes and other coastal habitats, as well as disused quarries, derelict land, farm tracks, railway embankments and cuttings, gardens and field edges. It is on the wing in two or three broods, between the middle of April and the end of October. It is widespread in England, Wales and Ireland, but increasingly scarce inland.
The caterpillars use various grasses, including Tor-grass (Brachypodium pinnatum), False Brome (B. sylvaticum), Cock's-foot (Dactylis glomerata), bents (Agrostis spp.) Wavy Hair-grass (Deschampsia flexuosa) and Yorkshire-fog (Holcus lanatus).
Wing Wednesday Wall!
A Wall butterfly settled on the coast path between Filey and Scarborough! Happy Wing Wednesday everyone!
The Wall (Lasiommata megera) is named after its habit of basking on walls, rocks, and stony places. The patterned light brown undersides provide good camouflage against a stony or sandy surface.
The Wall favours short, open grassland, where turf is broken or stony. It is also found on dunes and other coastal habitats, as well as disused quarries, derelict land, farm tracks, railway embankments and cuttings, gardens and field edges. It is on the wing in two or three broods, between the middle of April and the end of October. It is widespread in England, Wales and Ireland, but increasingly scarce inland.
The caterpillars use various grasses, including Tor-grass (Brachypodium pinnatum), False Brome (B. sylvaticum), Cock's-foot (Dactylis glomerata), bents (Agrostis spp.) Wavy Hair-grass (Deschampsia flexuosa) and Yorkshire-fog (Holcus lanatus).