Marsh Fritillary Butterfly

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Marsh Fritillary Euphydryas aurinia, is one of the rare butterflies in the UK and it's also my favourite butterfly. The caterpillar foodplant is Devil’s-bit Scabious Succisa pratensis. The flight time is from May to July.

I've seen this gorgeous butterfly in a few places in Cornwall: Breney Common, Garrow Tor, Goss Moor, Predannak and Trelusback Farm.

For the past few years, me and my husband Rob have been leading a fieldtrip to see this gorgeous butterfly in Breney Common and Garrow Tor.

Photographs and videos were taken on 13 June 2021 at Trelusback Farm.

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A mating pair of Marsh Fritillary Euphydryas aurinia

A mating pair of Marsh Fritillary Euphydryas aurinia

Male Marsh Fritillary Euphydryas aurinia - upperwing

Female Marsh Fritillary Euphydryas aurinia - upperwing

Marsh Fritillary Euphydryas aurinia - underwing

Marsh Fritillary Euphydryas aurinia - underwing

Marsh Fritillary Euphydryas aurinia Eggs on Devil’s-bit Scabious Succisa pratensis

A mating pair of Marsh Fritillary Euphydryas aurinia on my Camera

Me, my Camera and the Marsh Fritillary Euphydryas aurinia

It's just me... Busy taking Photographs and Videos of the Marsh Fritillary Euphydryas aurinia

Conservation Areas

Beautiful Wildflower Meadows

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