The Gatekeeper butterfly

The Gatekeeper butterfly lives on the tall grass that grows close to hedges, trees or scrub. They love the tall grass so then they can live with more Gatekeeper butterflies they can also be found across England and Wales. They can also be found in Grasslands as well as in Woodlands.

The Gatekeeper eats Caterpillars. They eat them at night on the tender young leaves of grasses, they eat a lot on the sunny days in the summer compared to the winter. The Gatekeeper can be either light brown or green. The Gatekeeper wing’s can change subtly.

The Gatekeeper butterfly can be change their colour at anytime and their wing sare predator like birds. Their scientific name is pyronia tithonus and their wingspan is  around 4 cm.