Butterflies at Cabo de la Huerta
Cabo de la Huerta, just south of Alicante, features a typical Mediterranean climate with dry, warm summers and mild winters with associated
flora and fauna.
For its small size, the slopes of Cabo de la Huerta sport a surprisingly large and varied insect population
with many different butterfly species, like Small White and Large White, Atalanta, Painted Lady and Small Copper.
In principle, moths
are animals of the night but some happily fly also during the day so you can spot Geometrician, Softline Wave and Spruce Carpet in
bright daylight.
A spectacular sight is the Crimson-speckled Moth with red, yellow and black dots and stripes on a white background.
A
comprehensive guide of all fauna and flora in the Alicante region is here.
The photographs are from April 2024 through Decemberr
2025.
a damaged Softline Wave Moth
a Large White has an encounter with a flowering Purple Mistress
a black and white Western Dappled White
Geometrician moth are migratory and can travel all the way up to Finland
Bath Whites have a greenish sepia outside color with a mainly white inside
a Small White is tasting from a Common Lantana
the Crimson-speckled Flunkey is a colorful moth
Clouded Yellows breed in southern Europe but can migrate all the way up to Scandinavia
a Spruce Carpet moth
male Pea Blues sport a violet blue inside
from the outside you would not guess that the inside color of the Black-eyed Blue is blue
another name for the Atalanta butterfly is Red Admiral
a female Pea Blue
a Pink Lady tests the nectar of a Mediterranean Beach Daisy
a Cabbage Webworm moth
a Small Copper on a large Mediterranean Beach Daisy