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Meadow Fritillary

Boloria bellona

The Meadow Fritillary is a beautiful butterfly with orange and black patterns on its wings. It loves to flutter around meadows and fields, bringing color to nature.

Lebensraum: Meadows and grasslands

Aussehen

The Meadow Fritillary has vibrant orange upperwings with intricate dark markings. Its underside hindwings are distinctively patterned with greenish-yellow, brown, and pearly-white spots, making it easy to identify from similar butterflies. These pearly spots often look like drops of dew.

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Meadow Fritillary
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Meadow Fritillary

Kategorie

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

It sips nectar using a long, straw-like tongue called a proboscis!

Meadow Fritillary caterpillars only eat violet leaves, making them very picky eaters!

Some Meadow Fritillaries can have two generations of butterflies in one summer!

Their wings have tiny scales that give them their beautiful colors, like dust!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Camouflage Cloak

Meadow Fritillary has intricate wing patterns that help them blend seamlessly into flowery meadows, hiding from hungry birds.

Fähigkeit

Nectar Detector

Meadow Fritillary can taste with its feet, helping them find the sweetest flowers for delicious nectar because of special sensors.

Fähigkeit

Violet Nursery

Meadow Fritillary can identify specific violet plants to lay eggs on, ensuring their caterpillars have the perfect food source.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
35-50 mm
Größe
15-20 mm
Lebenserwartung
14-28 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
10-20 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Adults sip sweet nectar from flowers, while their young caterpillars munch on violet leaves!

Altersunterschiede: Larvae eat specific violet plant leaves, while adults solely drink nectar from various wildflowers.

Hauptnahrung

  • violet leaves (larvae)
  • thistle nectar
  • milkweed nectar
  • dandelion nectar

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

depends on

Common Blue Violet

Viola sororia

Its leaves are the only food source for Meadow Fritillary caterpillars.

eaten by

Blue Jay

Cyanocitta cristata

This common bird preys on Meadow Fritillary adults and larvae.

pollinates

Creeping Thistle

Cirsium arvense

Adult Meadow Fritillaries visit these flowers for nectar, helping spread pollen.

eaten by

Garden Spider

Argiope aurantia

Meadow Fritillaries can get caught in their webs and become food.

Merkmale

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Butterflies are safe to watch but be gentle and don't touch them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Meadow Fritillary?

35-50 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Meadow Fritillary?

15-20 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Meadow Fritillary?

14-28 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Meadow Fritillary?

10-20 km/h

Was frisst Meadow Fritillary?

Adults sip sweet nectar from flowers, while their young caterpillars munch on violet leaves!

Wo findet man Meadow Fritillary normalerweise?

Meadows and grasslands

Wie jagt Meadow Fritillary?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Meadow Fritillary?

6

Snap-Karte

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