fritillary
IPA: frˈɪtʌɫɛri
noun
- Any of several bulbous perennial plants, of the genus Fritillaria, having flowers with a spotted or chequered pattern.
- Any of several butterflies, of the family Nymphalidae, having wings with black or silvery spots.
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Examples of "fritillary" in Sentences
- Gentner's fritillary The discovery of a rare species.
- The rare pearl bordered fritillary grows in the forest.
- It is a breeding place for the pearl bordered fritillary butterfly.
- Only the current fritillary field was left coincidentally unploughed.
- They are laid singly, not in one large group such as Marsh Fritillary.
- Prior to the construction of the reservoir, marsh fritillary used to breed.
- Some environmental factors can limit adult regal fritillary activity as well.
- Nuttall's violet serves as a larval host for the Coronis Fritillary butterfly.
- The regal fritillary is highly vulnerable to environmental factors year round.
- The flowers, inhabited by a wild passion, drew the fritillary back repeatedly as if all its strength and beauty were trapped in their orbit.
- Match the artsy underwing of the pearl-bordered fritillary with the breathtaking views from the Morecambe Bay Limestones, just below the Lake District.
- This has had a positive effect on other woodland wildlife, with butterflies such as the silver-washed fritillary thriving in the sunny, open rides between the stands of trees.
- A silver-washed fritillary – all tawny orange with black cryptic wing texts and flashes of mother-of-pearl – flew in and was immediately mobbed by ringlet and meadow-brown butterflies.
- It was a silver-washed fritillary, the largest and most impressive of all the British fritillaries and one that has bucked the dismal trend and expanded its range after years of contraction.
- The graceful but now critically endangered high brown fritillary and the Lulworth skipper, which is confined to the Dorset coastline and has suffered a 93% decline in number since 2000, continued to disappear from the countryside.
- Almost all have been managed for hunting or timber during most of their history, but the majority are now nature reserves and home to wildlife such as the pearl-bordered fritillary butterfly and barbastelle bat, as well as a rich variety of woodland plants.
- Newly released figures from the charity Butterfly Conservation show that the endangered wood white increased in number by 600% in Britain last summer after a major decline, while the rare marsh fritillary increased by 134% and the silver-spotted skipper, once on the brink of extinction, rallied with a 78% rise.
- • Wood white: up 600% since 2009, following major decline• Marsh fritillary: up 134%, after major decline• Common blue: up 146%• Brown argus: up 85%• Silver-spotted skipper: up 78%• Lulworth skipper: down 40%, worst ever year since records began• Meadow brown: down 20%, worst ever year• Essex skipper: down 33%, second worst year in scheme• Small skipper: down 17%• Wall brown: down 20%It was an ordinary school playing field until the diggers moved in.
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