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NATURE
Butterflies
Black Hairstreak
Strymondia pruni
Wingspan 35mm
Scarce and very local, restricted to a few areas in E Midlands, mainly in Oxfordshire and Bucks. Favours woods bordered by thickets of larval foodplant, blackthorn. Adult seen July. Often visits privet flowers or feeds on honeydew on leaves.



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