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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!

生息地: Wetlands

外見

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.

AnimaliaArthropodaInsectaLepidopteraLycaenidaeLycaena
Large Copper
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Large Copper

カテゴリ

昆虫

レア度

Common

危険度

1/5 · 非常に低い

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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!

特殊能力

能力

Leafy Disguise

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

能力

Nectar Navigator

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

能力

Rapid Flier

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

サイズと詳細

翼開長
30-45 mm
サイズ
15-20 mm
寿命
15-30 日
飛行速度
18 km/h
脚の数
6

食性と食事

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

年齢による違い: Larvae eat plant leaves, while adults exclusively drink flower nectar.

主な食物

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

採餌方法

  • Foraging

生態系とのつながり

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.

特徴

別名

まだ別名はありません。

コレクション

安全性

危険度

1/5 · 非常に低い

Always watch butterflies from a distance and don't try to catch them.

よくある質問

Large Copperの翼開長は何ですか?

30-45 mm

Large Copperのサイズは何ですか?

15-20 mm

Large Copperの寿命は何ですか?

15-30 日

Large Copperの飛行速度は何ですか?

18 km/h

Large Copperは何を食べますか?

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

Large Copperは通常どこに生息していますか?

Wetlands

Large Copperはどのように狩りをしますか?

Foraging

Large Copperの脚の数は何ですか?

6

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