Irish moths and butterflies


Family: Nymphalidae       Sub-family: Satyrinae

1614     *     Speckled Wood     *     Parage aegeria


Widespread, common
Wingspan: 47-50mm

Flight time: April-September, two broods
Habitat: Shady hedgerows, woodlands

Larval food plants: Grasses; Cock's-foot, Yorkshire Fog, False Brome











Photographs: Ballingeary, Co. Cork. August 2010

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