Dark-tipped Flutterfly - Palloptera ustulata
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Dark-tipped Flutterfly - Palloptera ustulata | dylan | Gordano Valley National Nature Reserve | 14 Aug 2025, 12:17 a.m. | 2 Aug 2025, 1:24 p.m. | |
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Dark-tipped Flutterfly - Palloptera ustulata | dylan | Gordano Valley National Nature Reserve | 14 Aug 2025, 12:17 a.m. | 2 Aug 2025, 1:24 p.m. |
Species Description
Widespread and fairly frequent in the southern half of the UK, becoming scarcer in the north. Habitat includes: Around mature deciduous trees in places such as gardens, parks, allotments, churchyards, woodland, hedgerows etc. Length: 4.5 mm. Life story: The larvae develop under the bark or dead wood of deciduous trees such as poplars, limes, willows and birches. Flight period: May to October. Apparently impossible to distinguish females from P. anderssoni and males require dissection; although it was originally noted for lacking the wing smudging but this has since proven to be an unreliable distinction. See Diptera.info