{"id":3087,"date":"2019-07-05T12:07:59","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T12:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/?p=3087"},"modified":"2019-07-08T15:24:09","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T15:24:09","slug":"clip-of-the-week-marsh-fritillary-in-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/05\/clip-of-the-week-marsh-fritillary-in-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Clip of the Week – marsh fritillary in flight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Clip of the week – Marsh fritillary in flight<\/h3>\n

Our latest clip of the week shows a Marsh fritillary butterfly (Euphydryas aurinia) in flight and then landing on a Buttercup, shot in Devon, UK by Michael Hutchinson in June.<\/p>\n

Range and habitat<\/h3>\n

The\u00a0marsh fritillary butterfly\u00a0Euphydryas<\/em>\u00a0aurinia<\/em> occurs in a range of habitats in which its larval food plant, devil\u2019s-bit scabious\u00a0(Succisa pratensis<\/em>), occurs. Marsh fritillaries are essentially grassland butterflies in the UK.\u00a0 Although populations may occur occasionally on wet heath, bog margins and woodland clearings, most colonies are in damp acidic or dry calcareous grasslands. In Northern Ireland it lives mainly in fens and on sand dunes.<\/p>\n

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