The Speckled Wood is one of our fairly common butterflies and can usually be seen close to tall hedges. It is much more common in the rides of larger woods. On a walk through Monk's Wood or Brampton Wood in June 2011 twenty to thirty butterflies could be seen.

The larval food plants are various common grasses.

Speckled Woods can over-winter as larvae or as pupae, emerging in spring to produce two or three broods in the season. The first to emerge are those which have over-wintered as chrysalises and they can have larger areas of pale colour.

In early to mid August I often see an adult near my plum tree, sometimes on the ground feeding from fallen fruit.