Speckled wood is common in Denmark. Wing span: 35-44 mm. Speckled wood flies across multiple generations from May to October. Speckled wood is associated with deciduous forests, where it lives in forest edges, on forest paths, in small plantations, in gardens, and in the deep shade of beech forests, where it is almost a specialist species.
Speckled wood flies across several generations from May to October. It is most abundant in two "normal" generations in May and at the end of July and beginning of August.
Speckled wood is associated with deciduous forests, where it lives in woodland edges, on forest paths, in small plantations, in gardens, and in the deep shade of beech forests, where it is most commonly found.
Wingspan: 35-44 mm. The female is the largest and more broadly winged.
No confusion.
Speckled wood has spread significantly over the last approximately 100 years.
Speckled wood inhabits deciduous forests and is adapted to a life in partial shade. The males are territorial, occupying a small clearing/patch in the shade beneath trees, with a little grass, and sit resting in a sunny spot.
