59.026 Aglais io (Peacock)
ws: m63-68mm, f67-75mm; overwinters as adult, emerge Mar-May, these breed and their offspring fly Jul-Sep; common nettle (Urtica dioica); common throughout GB
ID: Unmistakeable
§1 Foulness, Essex; 23/07/2006
§2 Foulness, Essex; 30/07/2006 §3 Foulness, Essex; 14/04/2007 §4 Anglesey; 28/07/2007 §5 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 03/10/2008 §6 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 08/10/2019 §7 Hockley Woods, Essex; 04/04/2020; male; fw 30.2mm §8 Pound Wood, Essex; 05/04/2020; male; fw 32.8mm §9 Pound Wood, Essex; 05/04/2020; female; fw 28.8mm §10 Hockley Woods, Essex; 11/04/2020; male §11 Hockley Woods, Essex; 11/04/2020; male §12 Glasson Moss, Cumbria; 29/07/2020 All images © Chris Lewis |
Larva:
L1 Sutton Fen, Norfolk; 05/06/2009 L2 Foulness, Essex; 01/07/2007 |
Page published 28/05/2014 (§1-5) | §6 added 18/12/2019 | §7-9 added 12/04/2020 | §10&11 added 15/04/2020 | §12 added 02/02/2021