Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae)

Species information

Small tortoiseshell caterpillars in nest © Larry Crowhurst / www.osfimages.com	Small tortoiseshell caterpillars © Paul Franklin / www.osfimages.com	Small tortoiseshell caterpillar © Duncan McEwan / naturepl.com
Small tortoiseshell caterpillar camouflaged on stinging nettle © G. J. Cambridge / www.nhpa.co.uk	Small tortoiseshell caterpillars on nettles © Paul Franklin / www.osfimages.com	Small tortoiseshell caterpillar at stage one of final larval moult © www.osfimages.com
Small tortoiseshell caterpillar at stage five of final larval moult © www.osfimages.com	Small tortoiseshell chrysalis © Duncan McEwan / naturepl.com	Small tortoiseshell chrysalis © Duncan McEwan / naturepl.com
Two chrysalises of the small tortoiseshell - showing colour difference © Geoff Dore / naturepl.com	Small tortoiseshell butterfly emerging from chrysalis © Stephen Dalton / www.nhpa.co.uk	Small tortoiseshell butterfly emerging from chrysalis © Stephen Dalton / www.nhpa.co.uk
Small tortoiseshell butterfly drying wings after emerging from chrysalis © I. R. Beames / www.ardea.com	Small tortoiseshell butterfly freshly emerged from chrysalis © William Osborn / naturepl.com	Small tortoiseshell butterfly © G. J. Cambridge / www.nhpa.co.uk
Small tortoiseshell butterfly © Steve Hopkin / www.ardea.com	Small tortoiseshell butterfly © N. A. Callow	Small tortoiseshell butterfly feeding © N. A. Callow
Small tortoiseshell butterfly feeding © David Element	Small tortoiseshell butterfly hibernating covered in dew © Rupert Barrington / naturepl.com	Small tortoiseshell butterfly wing scale detail © Stephen Dalton / www.nhpa.co.uk

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