Information
| Red List status: | Least Concern |
| NERC Act S41: | Not listed |
| Local status: | Colonial, common and widespread. One of our most abundant species, but seemingly declined in abundance in recent years. |
| Size: | Medium. |
| Larval foodplant: | Various fine-leaved grasses |
| No. of broods: | One |
| Flight time(s): | Late June to early September.
Average first date: 20th June
Average last date: 10th September |
| Winter: | Larva |
| Habits: | As its alternative name, Hedge Brown, implies, it spends most of its time in the vicinity of sunny hedges and shrubs and is often adundant. |
| Habitats: | The margins of unimproved grassland, road verges and woodland rides. Loves brambles and other nectar sources in the right habitat. |
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