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!

Hábitat: Wetlands

Aspecto

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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Insectos

Rareza

Common

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Datos interesantes

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!

Habilidades especiales

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

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

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

Medidas y detalles

Envergadura: 30-45 mm
Tamaño: 15-20 mm
Esperanza de vida: 15-30 días
Velocidad de vuelo: 18 km/h
Cantidad de patas: 6

Dieta y alimentación

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

Diferencias por edad: Larvae eat plant leaves, while adults exclusively drink flower nectar.

Alimentos principales

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

Método de búsqueda

Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

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.

Rasgos

Manchado

Marcado con manchas o parches de un color diferente.

Solitario

Los animales solitarios viven solos durante la mayor parte de su vida y solo interactúan con otros para aparearse o cuidar de sus crías.

Colorido

Colorido describe a organismos u objetos que exhiben una amplia variedad de colores brillantes y distintivos.

Herbívoro

Este rasgo caracteriza a los organismos cuya dieta consiste total o principalmente en material vegetal.

Imán para polinizadores

Describe plantas que son particularmente atractivas y beneficiosas para una amplia variedad de organismos polinizadores.

Humedal

Este rasgo de hábitat identifica especies que se encuentran en humedales, que son áreas de tierra saturadas de agua, ya sea permanente o estacionalmente, e incluyen marismas, pantanos y ciénagas.