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Distelvlinder Vanessa cardui

Foto: Ab H. Baas

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Nymphalinae [subfamilie]
Vanessa [genus] (2/2)
cardui [soort]

Vanessa cardui is a very common migrant that arrives from Africa every summer. Numbers fluctuate annually, depending on the reproduction in Africa: in 1955, there were only seventeen records, whereas in 1996, the best year, there were 110,000. It is most likely to be seen in open areas where the vegetation has a mosaic structure, such as waste land, fallow ground and pasture land. It uses various species of Carduus, Arctium and Cirsium both as larval foodplant and as a source of nectar.

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Auteur(s)

Wynhoff, I., Groenendijk, D., Swaay, C. van, Bosveld, M., Bos, F.

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