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.

Hábitat: Gardens and fields

Aspecto

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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Datos interesantes

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!

Habilidades especiales

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

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

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

Medidas y detalles

Envergadura: 20-30 mm
Tamaño: 10-15 mm
Esperanza de vida: 7-14 días
Velocidad de vuelo: 15 km/h
Cantidad de patas: 6

Dieta y alimentación

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

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

Alimentos principales

Pelargonium zonale
Pelargonium x hortorum
Erodium cicutarium
Geranium molle

Método de búsqueda

Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

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.

Rasgos

Social

Los animales sociales viven en grupos organizados, cooperando para obtener beneficios de supervivencia como la búsqueda de alimento, la defensa y la cría de descendencia.