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Keyword: Arbutus |
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| Two-tailed pashas prefer to live in habitats in which strawberry trees (genus Arbutus) grow. This is the food plant of their caterpillars. The adult butterflies live on rotting fruit, excrement and sweat and can fly well and fast. They can be watched in their flights for hours. Male specimens of two-tailed pasha guard their territory... | | |
| | ...rownish horns. The two central ones protrude significantly in height above the others. The strikingly broad posterior end into direction of the head looks like being pressed. The caterpillars mainly feed on the leaves of the western strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo). They are very sensitive to frost. Therefore, this species is absent in a small area north of the Adriatic. | | |
| | | ... seen from April to September. It produces 2 new generations a year. The females lay their eggs in holly and ivy, the food plants of their caterpillars, and also on Rubus, currants (Ribes), lupines (Lupinus), vetch (Vicia), Prunus, strawberry trees (Arbutus), common buckthorn (Frangula) and blueberries (Vaccinium). The pupae of the second generation overwinter, and the adult holly blues hatch in April. | | |
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| Frequent Queries: | | arbutus caterpillar (2) | | small caterpillar on strawberry (1) | | | | | |
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