silver-studded blue
plebejus argus latin

The rare Silver-Studded Blue butterfly has a colony in these woods.

Most notably is the Silver-studded Blue, which remain very abundant in the area as they have made their colony on the limestone.

It is also an important site for its insect fauna, especially lepidoptera, with the Silver-studded Blue Butterfly sometimes counted in thousands.

Another speciality, the Silver-studded Blue, is by contrast plentiful, with the main food plants of its caterpillars being gorses and heathers.

The Silver-studded Blue (Plebejus argus) is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.

There are also a great many spiders and butterflies, including Silver-Studded Blue, Grayling and Green Hairstreak.

Many insect species can be found at North Warren, with large numbers of dragonfly and butterfly in summer months (northern hemisphere), including the nationally rare Silver-studded Blue.

The 32 recorded butterfly species include the Silver-studded Blue, the Camberwell Beauty and the Queen of Spain Fritillary.

To its immediate west is Mynydd Marian, a mountain known for its limestone grassland and the rare dwarf sub-species of the Silver-studded Blue butterfly.

They are also a valuable resource for wildlife with many rare plants and insects including Cornwall's largest colony of the Silver-studded Blue a Red Data Book species.

The group also worked with a digger to scrape off the surface on part of the reserve to create the bare-ground habitat that the rare Silver-studded Blue butterfly needs to survive.

The headland is the habitat of several endangered species of butterflies and moths, including the Silky Wave, the Silver-studded Blue (Plebejus argus subsp.

Several species of butterfly became extinct owing to the loss of habitat to scrub, notably the Adonis Blue, Silver-studded Blue, Dingy Skipper, and Dark Green Fritillary.

Nationally scarce butterflies including the Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria euphrosyne and Silver-studded Blue Plebejus argus, and the nationally scarce jewel beetle Trachys troglodytes also occur.

Other local heathland species at Ferndown Common include the Silver-studded Blue Butterfly (Plebejus argus), European Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus) and European Stonechat.

There are butterfly colonies of the Silver-studded Blue Plebejus argus, Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria selene on Cribba Head in the eastern part of the site as well as the Thrift Clearwing Synansphecia muscaeformis a day-flying moth.

The Silver-studded Blue (Plebejus argus) is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.

The headland is the habitat of several endangered species of butterflies and moths, including the Silky Wave, the Silver-studded Blue (Plebejus argus subsp.

Nationally scarce butterflies including the Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria euphrosyne and Silver-studded Blue Plebejus argus, and the nationally scarce jewel beetle Trachys troglodytes also occur.

Other local heathland species at Ferndown Common include the Silver-studded Blue Butterfly (Plebejus argus), European Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus) and European Stonechat.

There are butterfly colonies of the Silver-studded Blue Plebejus argus, Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria selene on Cribba Head in the eastern part of the site as well as the Thrift Clearwing Synansphecia muscaeformis a day-flying moth.