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  2. Edith's checkerspot - Wikipedia

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    Though they usually do not pollinate the flowers of the host, larvae have been known to eat the leaves, the flowers, and sometimes the entire host plant, and have starved trying to find another. [6] Adult females and females feed on flower nectar. Caterpillars feed on leaves and flowers of the host plant and sometimes surrounding plants. [7]

  3. Siberian blue robin - Wikipedia

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    This species is larger than the European robin. The breeding male is unmistakable with blue upperparts and white underparts. The female is much drabber, with brown upperparts and whitish underparts. Her dark eye stands out against the paler brown face. This species is a very rare vagrant to Europe, and has vagrant status even as far east as ...

  4. Nymphalis antiopa - Wikipedia

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    The caterpillars live gregariously in communal silken nest on the host-plant, until they disperse prior to pupation. [ 3 ] Adult mourning cloaks primarily feed on sap, ripe and fallen fruits and sugary exudate from aphids, very rarely seen nectaring on flowers.

  5. Butterfly gardening - Wikipedia

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    This is known to attract lacewings whose larvae eat aphids. [40] One can also spray the plants with water, or rinse the plants with a mild detergent/water solution (although caterpillars should be relocated before suds are applied). Scented detergents are acceptable; those containing OxiClean should be avoided. The aphids will turn black within ...

  6. European robin - Wikipedia

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    The larger American robin (Turdus migratorius) is a much larger bird named from its similar colouration to the European robin, but the two birds are not closely related, with the American robin instead belonging to the same genus as the common blackbird (T. merula), a species which occupies much of the same range as the European robin. The ...

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  8. Gray hairstreak - Wikipedia

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    The caterpillars of the gray hairstreak butterfly consume a wide range of food plants. [3] However, they do mainly use mallows and legumes as their preferred host plant. They commonly use clovers as their food plant as well, eating rabbit-foot clover (Trifolium arvense), white clover (T. repens), bush clover (Lespedeza capitata), white sweet-clover (Melilotis alba), and Malva neglecta.

  9. Cydia nigricana - Wikipedia

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    The caterpillars grow by a series of moults and then when mature, the caterpillars eat their way out of the pods, usually in August. [4] Larval development lasts 18 to 30 days, [ 3 ] and then larvae migrate to the ground to overwinter in the soil, [ 4 ] spinning a cocoon containing particles of soil and hibernating inside.