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Pyronia bathseba
Nymphalidae family. The wingspan is 18–19 mm. The male has the upper side of the wing similar to other pyronia but with broader androconia and three ocela in the hind wing. The under side of the hind wing is brown with a cream coloured band with black ocela with white pupils and and yellow-orange rinds. The female is bigger and paler. It flies from May to August. It lay the eggs dropping them one by one from flight on the vegetation. Larvae are bluff-grayish with dark dots on the sides. They feed on graminea like Brachypodium sylvaticum, B. phoenicoides, Poa trivialis, P. annua, P. pratensis, and Bromus.
Holm oak and pine tree forest
Camera Model: NIKON D300. Exposure Time: 1/640 sec.; f/13; ISO Speed Rating: 800. Focal Length: 300.0 mm.
Spotted on May 31, 2013
Submitted on Sep 3, 2013
6 Comments
they might have to come up with a means of artificial pollination. Other wise what are we going to eat. Cloning might be another resource.
Thanks Jemma and Marta.
I agree Marta. It is related to the use of neonicotinoids as insecticides, that were suppose to be more environmental friendly but that lately are considered as responsible for bee colony collapse disorder. This year, the UE passed a two-year ban on neonicotinoid insecticides, to have more research results before deciding.
Yes, Jemma! This will have a bad impact for humans but in the short run many people does not realize of this. In many places the use of pesticides has strongly reduced the pollinizing insects. For a while they said the bees were decreasing because of a disease but recently it has been discovered that it is because of the pesticides that their immune system is more vulnerable to such infection disease..so yes, pretty bad, right?
I am wondering if bees and butterflies diminish,,,,,,God forbid. How would we achieve pollination?
nice one!
Bonita :-)