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Common Geranium-bronze

Cacyreus marshalli

The Common Geranium-bronze is a small butterfly with beautiful brown and orange wings. It loves to flutter around gardens and fields, bringing joy to everyone who sees it.

Lebensraum: Gardens and fields

Aussehen

The Common Geranium-bronze is a small, brownish-grey butterfly. Its hindwings often feature small, metallic bronze-green spots and delicate hair-like tails. This subtle iridescence helps distinguish it from other small brown butterflies.

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Common Geranium-bronze
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Common Geranium-bronze

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Adults drink flower nectar, but their larvae are tiny plant wreckers!

Its caterpillars are expert tunnellers, boring hidden paths inside geranium stems!

This small butterfly is a master of invading new territories, rapidly expanding its range!

Unlike many butterflies, its favorite plants are often found in garden pots!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Stealthy Burrower

Common Geranium-bronze larvae can bore into geranium stems, protecting them from predators while they feed and grow hidden inside.

Fähigkeit

Rapid Generations

Common Geranium-bronze can complete its life cycle quickly, allowing multiple generations to emerge throughout a single warm season.

Fähigkeit

Disguise Mode

Common Geranium-bronze has drab undersides to its wings that help them blend into foliage, hiding from hungry birds.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
20-30 mm
Größe
10-15 mm
Lebenserwartung
7-14 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
15 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Adult butterflies sip nectar from flowers, while their hungry larvae munch on geranium plants.

Altersunterschiede: Larvae feed on plant tissues by boring into stems and leaves, while adults consume nectar.

Hauptnahrung

  • Pelargonium zonale
  • Pelargonium x hortorum
  • Erodium cicutarium
  • Geranium molle

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

Garden Geranium

Pelargonium zonale

Larvae bore into stems and flower buds.

eats

Redstem Filaree

Erodium cicutarium

Caterpillars feed on the leaves and stems.

eaten by

Great Tit

Parus major

Great Tits prey on adult butterflies and caterpillars.

depends on

Lantana

Lantana camara

Adult butterflies sip nectar from this common garden shrub.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Geranium Bronze Butterfly

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Always watch butterflies from a distance and don't try to catch them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Common Geranium-bronze?

20-30 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Common Geranium-bronze?

10-15 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Common Geranium-bronze?

7-14 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Common Geranium-bronze?

15 km/h

Was frisst Common Geranium-bronze?

Adult butterflies sip nectar from flowers, while their hungry larvae munch on geranium plants.

Wo findet man Common Geranium-bronze normalerweise?

Gardens and fields

Wie jagt Common Geranium-bronze?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Common Geranium-bronze?

6

Snap-Karte

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Neueste Snaps

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