Butterfly - Meadow Brown

Meadow Brown (Maniola Jurtina)

wingspan: 4.2 - 5.4 cm;

male/ : dark brown with eye-like

marking on each fore-wing

female : as male but with more orange

larval

foodplant: fine grasses, bents, fescues

I don't see as many of these as I would have expected. These are the first two this year.

This species seems to have been badly affected by the poor summer.

First sighting - July 2005

Highest yearly counts Frequency

2005 - 30

2006(July) - 100 increasing

2007(July) - 20+ decreasing

2008(Aug) - 20+ increasing

2008 Sightings:

2009 Sightings

2010 Sightings: