Brilliantly colored; larvae feed on nettles.
1 Agnes Coleman, Cappamore, Co Limerick The pupa of the small tortoiseshell butterfly has golden patches.
2 Pupa of the small tortoiseshell butterfly While washing lettuce I found this larva attached by a threadlike link to a leaf.
3 A long visit there of a tortoiseshell butterfly , brilliantly orange and yellow, made something worth stooping to admire, writes Michael Viney.
4 Every year many small tortoiseshell butterflies use this old castle for their hibernation.
5 Pausing for water and air, we sat and watched tortoiseshell butterflies flit among juniper shrubs.
6 Peacock and Tortoiseshell butterflies were flitting to and fro.
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