Caedes
Upload Images
Welcome guest
Log In or Register
User Stats
- 0 total users online
- 72 users active today
- 262069 total members
- +show users online
Little Turtle or Vanesse nettle
© Bleizmor
(copyright information)
Uploaded: 06/30/14 7:30 AM GMT
Little Turtle or Vanesse nettle
Views: 349
Dlds: 103
Status: active
Dlds: 103
Status: active
Gallery:
photography->butterflies
Little Turtle or Vanesse nettle, Aglais urticae L., or Nymphalis urticae, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae, the subfamily Nymphalinae and tribe Nymphalini. The name is a tribute to Aglais Aglaia, that is to say Aglaé. It was one of the three Graces (called Three Graces in Romans), that of dazzling beauty, splendor. The term refers to urtica the main host plant of the caterpillar of this butterfly, Urtica dioica, the stinging nettle.