Glanville Fritillary

Melitaea cinxia

The Glanville Fritillary is a beautiful butterfly with orange and black patterns on its wings. It loves to flutter around flowers and is often found in sunny meadows.

Lebensraum: Grasslands

Aussehen

The Glanville Fritillary is a medium-sized butterfly with striking orange wings patterned with a checkered network of black lines and spots. Its underside is paler orange and cream, featuring rows of black dots within white-ringed orange spots, making it distinct from plainer butterflies.

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Glanville Fritillary

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Adult Glanville Fritillaries usually only live for about two weeks, flying quickly!

Baby Glanville Fritillaries (caterpillars) huddle together in a silk tent to stay safe!

Their eggs are laid in neat stacks, sometimes over a hundred at once!

These butterflies have tiny bristles on their legs that help them taste their food!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Glanville Fritillary larvae can overwinter in groups inside silken webs, which helps them survive cold temperatures until spring.

Glanville Fritillary butterflies can specifically locate Ribwort Plantain plants to lay their eggs, ensuring food for their caterpillars.

Glanville Fritillary has dark markings that help absorb sunlight, giving them energy to fly even on cooler days.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite: 35-50 mm
Größe: 15-22 mm
Lebenserwartung: 10-20 Tage
Anzahl der Beine: 6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Adults sip flower nectar for energy; caterpillars munch on plant leaves to grow big.

Altersunterschiede: Adults feed on nectar, while larvae (caterpillars) feed exclusively on specific host plant leaves.

Hauptnahrung

flower nectar
Plantago lanceolata
Veronica spicata
Cirsium arvense

Nahrungssuche

Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

depends on

Ribwort Plantain

Plantago lanceolata

Larvae eat leaves of this plant.

depends on

Spiked Speedwell

Veronica spicata

A secondary host plant for its caterpillars.

eats

Great Tit

Parus major

Feeds on butterfly larvae and adults.

pollinates

Creeping Thistle

Cirsium arvense

Adult butterflies visit for nectar.

Merkmale

Bestäubermagnet

Beschreibt Pflanzen, die für eine Vielzahl von bestäubenden Organismen besonders attraktiv und nützlich sind.

Farbenfroh

Farbenfroh beschreibt Organismen oder Objekte, die eine große Vielfalt an leuchtenden und deutlich erkennbaren Farben aufweisen.

Grasland

Grasland-Lebensräume sind terrestrische Biome, die von Gräsern und krautigen Pflanzen dominiert werden und einer Vielzahl von Weidetieren als Lebensraum dienen.