Wild Thyme, Collard Hill
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Wild Thyme, Collard Hill
Image: © Alan Hunt Taken: 22 Jun 2010
A thyme covered hummock. Thyme is the foodplant of the Large Blue butterfly. Note the short sward which is a habitat requirement for this butterfly. The large Blue has an intimate relationship with an ant, Myrmica Sabuleti, whose nests it pupates in. This ant can only nest in very short sward, and will be replaced by other species of ants if the sward grows to more than a few centimetres, leading to the extinction of the butterfly on the site.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.103898
Longitude
-2.733227
