Kalkgraslanddikkopje
(Spialia sertorius) op
Paardehoefklaver (Hippocrepis
comosa)
Hammelsberg, North East French
near Belmach, Sierck les Bains,
22 may 1999 |
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we see a rare butterfly and a rare
flower:
Hidden in a
special plant the Red Under wing Skipper
(DLD : Wiesenknopf Puzzlefalter, NL
:Kalkgraslanddikkopje (Spialia
sertorius) on a 'Trifolium' species
: Hippocrepis comosa. As the
english name already shows the hind wings
are redish. It is an early species and it
flies from central may till end of July.
It prefers meadows on calcerous/lime
soil. Obervation during easter camp with
the young members of the KNNV on the same
camp as the previous picture but a year
later, now on Hammelsberg |