White Admiral

Special features: Nectar from bramble flowers are a favourite food, but the females lay their eggs on honeysuckle leaves, the caterpillars food plant.

The caterpillars are green with reddish-brown hairs. They hibernate from autumn through to the following summer, when they pupate. After approximately two weeks the butterfly emerges.

Latin name: Ladoga camilla

Size: Wingspan approximately 60mms.

Distribution: Found in southern England and up to the Midlands.

Months seen: June to September.

Habitat: Woodlands.

Food: Nectar.