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Large Copper

Lycaena dispar

The Large Copper is a beautiful butterfly with bright orange wings and black spots. It loves to flutter around in sunny meadows and wetlands, making it a lovely sight to see!

Lebensraum: Wetlands

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The Large Copper has brilliant, iridescent coppery-orange forewings with small black spots, contrasting with duller brown hindwings often bordered in orange. Its underside is a mosaic of grey-brown with black spots and orange patches, making it visually distinct from most other butterflies.

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Large Copper
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Large Copper

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Its caterpillar stage spends winter as a tiny, hidden larva on a sorrel plant, waiting for spring to grow!

Male Large Coppers are much brighter and more vividly orange than females, showing off their dazzling colors.

This butterfly famously went extinct in Britain, but was brought back using butterflies from the Netherlands!

Young Large Coppers have a special scent that attracts certain ants, who sometimes protect them from other insects!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Leafy Disguise

Large Copper larvae have green bodies that help them blend perfectly with the sorrel leaves they eat, avoiding hungry predators.

Fähigkeit

Nectar Navigator

Large Copper can quickly find specific wetland flowers because of their excellent eyesight, which helps them collect energy-rich nectar.

Fähigkeit

Rapid Flier

The Large Copper has strong wings and a quick flight, allowing it to dart away from threats and cover ground efficiently.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
30-45 mm
Größe
15-20 mm
Lebenserwartung
15-30 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
18 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Adults sip flower nectar; caterpillars munch on specialized wetland plants.

Altersunterschiede: Larvae eat plant leaves, while adults exclusively drink flower nectar.

Hauptnahrung

  • Water Mint nectar
  • Hemp-agrimony nectar
  • Great Water Dock leaves
  • Common Sorrel leaves

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

Great Water Dock

Rumex hydrolapathum

Larvae feed on its leaves.

pollinates

Water Mint

Mentha aquatica

Adults drink nectar and transfer pollen.

eaten by

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

Birds are common predators of adult butterflies.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

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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 Large Copper?

30-45 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Large Copper?

15-20 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Large Copper?

15-30 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Large Copper?

18 km/h

Was frisst Large Copper?

Adults sip flower nectar; caterpillars munch on specialized wetland plants.

Wo findet man Large Copper normalerweise?

Wetlands

Wie jagt Large Copper?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Large Copper?

6

Snap-Karte

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