Ringlet
Ringlet ( Aphantopus hyperantus )
The brown Waldvogel ( Aphantopus hyperantus ) is a butterfly ( butterfly ) from the family of Nymphalidae ( Nymphalidae ) and is also referred to as a chimney sweep.
- 5.1 Notes and references
- 5.2 Literature
Description
The brown forest bird is a common, medium-sized butterfly with a wingspan from 35 to 42 millimeters. The wing top and bottoms are solid brown with small, yellowish rimmed eye patch. The number and size of the eye spots is variable, they may be missing on the upper wing surface, while only the white seeds are visible on the underside. It then is the rare form occurring in central Europe and southern England arete. Aphantopus hyperantus flies ( Maniola jurtina ) together with the Great Ox-eye. In general, the eye-spots, however, are clearly visible on the underside of the wings, especially on the hind wings.
The caterpillars are about 25 mm long. They are gray -brown or pale reddish and have a dark, same color and very fine stippling. On the back a dark longitudinal line, which is point-like widened stronger at the segment boundaries runs. After the rear, this line is more intensely colored. The head is darker in color and has several faint vertical stripes.
Dissemination
The animals are from Northern Spain ( Cantabrian Mountains and eastern Pyrenees) over almost all of Europe, in the north to Ireland, Great Britain and Fennoscandia, in the south to northern Greece (Macedonia, Thessaly ) spread. It does not occur on the Mediterranean islands and the Apennine peninsula. East extends its spread over the temperate regions of Asia to north- eastern China and Korea, where it is found up to an altitude of 1,600 meters. They inhabit grassy, wet or dry forest clearings with bushes. There is a pronounced binding to forest and shrubbery borders with blackberry bushes and perennials rich in high hems.
Way of life
The butterfly is seen mostly with folded wings, so that you can see the characteristic underside well. On cool days, but they are trying to soak up the sun's heat with outstretched wings. The moths can be very common on creeping thistle ( Cirsium arvense) or marsh thistle ( Cirsium palustre ), oregano (Origanum vulgare ), forest scabious ( knautia sylvatica), Brombeerblüten or hogweed ( Heracleum sphondylium ) watch. The males fly in search of newly emerged females in a slow, continuous flapping flight over and between grass stalks around.
Flight time
The moths fly in one generation from mid-June to late August.
Food of the caterpillars
The caterpillars feed on many, especially good shade of blackberry sweet and sour grasses. The forage plants include:
- Forest Zwenke ( Brachypodium sylvaticum )
- Pinna - Zwenke ( Brachypodium pinnatum )
- Timothy- grass ( Phleum pratense)
- Mean cocksfoot ( Dactylis glomerata )
- Ordinary red fescue ( Festuca rubra)
- Upright Brome ( Bromus erectus )
- Soft brome Bromus hordeaceus
- Meadow grass comb ( Cynosurus cristatus)
- Kentucky bluegrass ( Poa pratensis)
- Grove bluegrass ( Poa nemoralis )
- Hairy Sedge ( Carex hirta )
- Thin -spiked sedge ( Carex strigosa )
- Woodland sedge ( Carex sylvatica)
- Quaking Grass - sedge ( Carex brizoides )
- Sedge ( Carex panicea )
- Red bent grass ( Agrostis capillaris )
- Millet ( Milium effusum )
- Creep couch grass ( Agropyron repens )
- Soft honey grass ( Holcus mollis )
- Woolly honey grass ( Holcus lanatus )
- Lawn Schmiele ( Deschampsia cespitosa )
- Purple moor grass ( Molinia caerulea)
- Common oat grass ( Arrhenatherum elatius )
- Small-reed ( Calamagrostis epigejos )
Development
The female raises the non-adhesive eggs in a slow low flight over from grasslands. The caterpillars overwinter and pupate between each other spun grasses. The doll stands generally upright in the chamber dolls.