Hainault Forest
HYMENOPTERA
Small Tortoiseshell
Aglais urticae
TQ4793 07/05/2023 ©Raymond Small

Cryptic Clubhorn 

Abia aenea/lonicerae agg. 


This species (12mm) flies from April until June. Adults of A. aenea and A. lonicerae are very similar and often recorded as an aggregate. Adults of both species cannot normally be separated from photographs. They have larvae that feed on Honeysuckle and Snowberry.


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