Small image of a Brown Hairstreak Click to enlarge
Whitecross Green Wood
Female. 18 August 2013
Small image of a Brown Hairstreak Click to enlarge
Whitecross Green Wood
Female. 18 August 2013
Small image of a Brown Hairstreak Click to enlarge
Roman Road, Otmoor
Female. 26 August 2013
Small image of a Brown Hairstreak Click to enlarge
RSPB Reserve, Otmoor
Female. 26 August 2013

The Brown Hairstreak, Thecla betulae

Has one generation per year, overwintering as an egg laid on the caterpillar food plant, Blackthorn.

Internal links: Home . Butterfly list . Main Gallery . Otmoor . Whitecross Green Wood

External links: to Brown Hairstreak pages at: British Butterflies by Steven Cheshire . UK Butterflies by Peter Eeles
B.M. Cockayne database for forms and aberrations.

Personal sightings:

18 August 2013. Whitecross Green Wood, (the part in Oxfordshire), one female Brown Hairstreak.
26 August 2013. Otmoor RSPB Reserve, 1 female Brown Hairstreak, Roman Road (beside the reserve) 3 Brown Hairstreaks.

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18 Aug 2013