Common Carpet

Wingspan 23–25 mm. A small moth that flies both by day and by night in two 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.× from April to September. The species is common in open country, along ditch banks and woodland edges, and is seen on the dike, where it looks for nectar and is easily flushed. Seen to a lesser extent in the scrub of the plantation. The caterpillar lives in June–July and again from August to October on bedstraw. It overwinters as a pupa.