Brilliantly colored; larvae feed on nettles.
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Examples for "tortoiseshell"
Examples for "tortoiseshell"
1The hawks-bill furnishes the tortoiseshell of commerce, and is much sought after.
2At the optometrist's, Jane opted for heavy tortoiseshell frames rather than contacts.
3She wore a low-cut blue gown and had a tortoiseshell cigarette holder.
4A pair of tortoiseshell glasses lay on a mat by his feet.
5A few cotton dresses and one winter coat with fake tortoiseshell buttons.
1Agnes Coleman, Cappamore, Co Limerick The pupa of the small tortoiseshell butterfly has golden patches.
2Pupa of the small tortoiseshell butterfly While washing lettuce I found this larva attached by a threadlike link to a leaf.
3A long visit there of a tortoiseshell butterfly, brilliantly orange and yellow, made something worth stooping to admire, writes Michael Viney.
4Every year many small tortoiseshell butterflies use this old castle for their hibernation.
5Pausing for water and air, we sat and watched tortoiseshell butterflies flit among juniper shrubs.
6Peacock and Tortoiseshell butterflies were flitting to and fro.
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