Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria)

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Photo by Zlatan Celebic

Published on Project Noah

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Field Notes

Description:

Common European species, some 5 cm in wingspan; with brown wings with yellow spots, some of them filled concentric circles of black and blue.

Habitat:

Widespread and common, mainly in woodland, species of Eurasia and North Africa. It prefers shadowy and moist environment of low density forests. Here, found deep inside the wooded area of a local park, in a rural part of the valley of lake Geneva, just in between Jura and Alps mountains ranges.