26. Silver Washed Fritillary Traditional Cache

The Butterflies series is a circular 6.5 mile walk starting and finishing at Tur Langton. Many of the butterflies named in the series can be seen in the countryside around Tur Langton. 

Please see #1 for the main description of the walk.

The swooping flight of the large and graceful Silver Washed Fritillery is one of the most beautiful sights to be found in woodland during high summer. A large fast flying butterflywith pointed wings and silver streaks on the undersides which can be viewed as it stops to feed on flowers such as Bramble.

The courtship flight of this butterfly is one of the most spectacular of all the British species. The female flies in a straight line while the male continuously loops under, in front and then over the top of the female.