Butterfly

Larval food plants

Peacock

Red Admiral

Nettle (Urtica dioica)

Thistle

Silver-washed Fritillary

Violets

Large Tortoiseshell

Young leaf tips of trees most commonly Elm (Ulmus) spp and sometimes Willows (Salix) spp and Polar (Populus spp.)

Cryptic larvae of: Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Marbled White, Gatekeeper.

Skipper

Various grasses (Gramineae)

Mountain Ringlet also feeds of Dock (Rumex)

Brimstone

Orange Tip

Young leaves of Buckthorn (Rhamnus spp.)

Lady’s smock (Cardamines pratensis)

Monarch, when it reaches the UK

Milkweeds (Asclepia spp.)