speckled wood

noun

1. a common woodland brown satyrid butterfly, Pararge aegeria, marked with pale orange or yellowish-white spots

Example Sentences

Species which have declined since last year and over the long term include ringlet, common blue and speckled wood, according to the research.

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Speckled wood butterflies were being seen in particularly low numbers, while small tortoiseshells, commas, green-veined whites, large whites and red admirals were also being spotted in smaller numbers compared with the 10-year average.

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It said there had been particularly low numbers of speckled wood butterflies, while small tortoiseshells, commas, green-veined whites, large whites and red admirals are also down on their 10-year average.

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The study authors deleted WntA in common buckeye butterflies, speckled wood butterflies, painted lady butterflies, monarch butterflies, two species of Heliconius butterflies and Gulf fritillary butterflies.

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Dr. Martin’s team found that when they delete the WntA gene with the Crispr technique, the central symmetry system band disappears entirely from the wings of the speckled wood and buckeye butterflies.

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