Speckled Wood

Wingspan 35–44 mm. Flies from May to October in 2–3 generationsgeneration A butterfly flies in 2 generations when the year’s first newly emerged adults (1st generation) bring a new “brood” (“children”) capable of flight into the world in the same year. With 3 generations there are “grandchildren” as well in the same year. The number of generations determines in how many months of the year we can see the butterfly.×. Very common in woodland clearings, where the males eagerly defend their territories. Other males are chased off, and females roaming between the territories are courted. Seen in the plantation and on paths around the summer houses, and it is a frequent visitor to the bramble bushes when the blackberries ripen. Overwinters in the grass as a pupa or as a half-grown caterpillar.