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Marsh Fritillary
Euphydryas aurinia
(Rottemburg, 1775)  |
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| There are no modern records of Marsh Fritillary from Nottinghamshire and it seems surprising that there appears to have been no attempt at releasing captive-bred stock. J.W. Carr lists it as 'very rare' in his book 'The Invertebrate Fauna of Nottinghamshire. Nottingham: J.& H. Bell Ltd (1916)' and there has to be doubt over the validity of both records, or that this species even occurred naturally in the county at the time. Carr states that 'according to Sterland, it was taken several times in Sherwood Forest by J. Trueman' (1899) and then lists another record by Miss Alderson (later to become Lady Robinson) who captured a specimen at Worksop in 1883. | ||
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| Captive reared adult, photographed May 2023 | ||
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| Larva on Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum, photographed late February 2022. | ||
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| Full-grown larva on Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum, photographed March 10th 2022. | ||
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| Pupa, photographed March 11th 2022 | ||
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| Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Marsh Fritillary
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