Butterfly Watch: Small copper (Lycaena phlaeas)
Amateur Gardening|August 07, 2021
We look at a pugnacious small insect that holds its ground
- Ruth Hayes
Butterfly Watch: Small copper (Lycaena phlaeas)

ANYONE who thinks that all butterflies are gentle, graceful creatures that flit from flower to flower with peaceful grace has obviously never met the small copper.

The males are fiercely territorial of the spot of unimproved grassland they have made their own, and will aggressively chase off any insect that flies into their patch, before returning to the same spot where they were resting.

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この蚘事は Amateur Gardening の August 07, 2021 版に掲茉されおいたす。

7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トラむアルを開始しお、䜕千もの厳遞されたプレミアム ストヌリヌ、9,000 以䞊の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしおください。