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    The small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) is a colourful Eurasian butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. Adults feed on nectar and may hibernate over winter;...
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    Tortoiseshell is a cat coat coloring named for its similarity to tortoiseshell pattern. Like tortoiseshell-and-white or calico cats, tortoiseshell cats...
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    Tortoiseshell or tortoise shell is a material produced from the shells of the larger species of tortoise and turtle, mainly the hawksbill sea turtle,...
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    The large tortoiseshell or blackleg tortoiseshell (Nymphalis polychloros) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. Subspecies include: Nymphalis polychloros...
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    calico pattern is more commonly called tortoiseshell and white. Such cats with diluted coloration (blue tortoiseshell and white) have been called calimanco...
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    such as the peacock butterfly, comma (Polygonia c-album), and the small tortoiseshell. It is also eaten by the larvae of some moths including angle shades...
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  • (national mammal) Sciurus vulgaris Mute swan (national bird) Cygnus olor Small tortoiseshell (national butterfly) Aglais urticae  Dominica Sisserou parrot (national...
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    Aglais is a Holarctic genus of brush-footed butterflies, containing the tortoiseshells. This genus is sometimes indicated as a subgenus of Nymphalis or simply...
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    Urtica urens (redirect from Small Nettle)
    Antarctica. In Europe, Urtica urens is one of the food plants of the small tortoiseshell butterfly (Aglais urticae). In New Zealand it is also a food plant...
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  • Look up tortoiseshell or tortoise shell in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tortoiseshell is a material produced from the shells of species of tortoise...
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    the petals in length. It is a small, light-petaled form with chromosome counts of 2n = 28 and 42. Small Tortoiseshell on a potted P. spurius. The stonecrop's...
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    popular species such as the emperors, monarch butterfly, admirals, tortoiseshells, and fritillaries. However, the under wings are, in contrast, often...
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    Buddleja davidii flowers with painted lady, peacock and (underneath) small tortoiseshell butterflies A snowberry clearwing moth carrying pollen on its proboscis...
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    steinbocks, chamois among others. A number of insects, such as the small tortoiseshell butterfly, add to the biodiversity. Sea creatures are also an important...
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  • throughout Painted lady – Vanessa carduiLC – immigrant throughout Small tortoiseshell – Aglais urticae LC – throughout Peacock – Aglais ioLC – throughout...
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    part of a patched pattern. A patched tabby is a cat with calico or tortoiseshell markings combined with patches of tabby coat (such cats are called caliby...
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    species have also been recorded on the island over the years. The small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae), which is a butterfly native to Eurasia, was spotted...
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    notable are the 600 species of butterflies that live in the heaths, small tortoiseshell, brimstone, painted lady and peacock butterfly among them. With several...
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    Monika (1981). "Flight and flight control by the antennae in the Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae L., Lepidoptera)". Journal of Comparative Physiology...
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    Aglais milberti, the fire-rim tortoiseshell or Milbert's tortoiseshell, is considered the only species of the proposed Aglais genus that occurs in North...
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    calibys or tabicos. Tortoiseshell cats with small white patches are called tortico cats, a portmanteau of calico and tortoiseshell.[failed verification]...
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    in coastal areas; the slightly smaller common (or harbour) seal is less common, yet plentiful. The small tortoiseshell butterfly (reddish-orange colour...
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    (such as with wolves and bears). Many of these species still exist in smaller numbers, while others thrive in the developed continent free from natural...
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    and a pond. There are birds such as the great spotted woodpecker, small tortoiseshell and comma butterflies, while flowering plants include grass vetchling...
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    and ceramic glazes. He is especially associated with agate ware and tortoiseshell ware; in both cases Whieldon refined the techniques used, and made the...
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    within the forest, including Black Lake. Butterflies such as the small tortoiseshell are common in the Old Pale area. Adders have been observed in the...
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    birds such as whitethroats and green woodpeckers, gatekeeper and small tortoiseshell butterflies, and Roesel's bush-crickets. There is access from Jellicoe...
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    of rough grassland, a hedge, trees and scrub. Butterflies include small tortoiseshell, speckled wood, peacock and orange tip. Merry's Meadows 12.6 hectares...
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    Pearl Smoke Pearl Sable Seal Tortoiseshell Group Blue Tortoiseshell Chocolate Tortoiseshell Lilac Tortoiseshell Tortoiseshell Ticked Color Group Blue Steel...
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    of rough grassland, a hedge, trees and scrub. Butterflies include small tortoiseshell, speckled wood, peacock and orange tip. There is access by a footpath...
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