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Half of Britain's butterfly species are at risk of extinction. A new 'Red List' published by UK charity Butterfly Conservation names 24 species as threatened, including eight as endangered.
More than a thousand people flocked to Dorset to see a rare Monarch butterfly when it was swept 3,500 miles across the Atlantic by Hurricane Isaac.
The Big Butterfly Survey, conducted by volunteers for Butterfly Conservation, has found that the number of butterflies in Norfolk is at a record low.
A giant butterfly thought to be extinct in Britain has been found breeding in the country for the first time in half a century. The Large Tortoiseshell disappeared from woodlands in the 1960s due to the effects of the Dutch elm disease, climate change and parasitic flies. Now two groups of larvae have been discovered by conservationists on elm trees on the Isle of Portland in Dorset. The Large Tortoiseshell, pictured, disappeared from woodlands in the 1960s due to the effects of the Dutch elm disease, climate change and parasitic flies RELATED ARTICLES
A BUTTERFLY thought to be extinct in the UK has been spotted on Portland. There have only been very rare sightings of the Large Tortoiseshell butterfly over the past 70 years - but the new February sightings confirm that the species is again resident in the UK. Evidence of a breeding colony - egg shells and spent larval skins - was first found on Portland in June 2020. It was last officially recorded as being resident in the UK in the 1950s. The butterfly was thought to have been ravaged by a disappearing habitat and the rapid decline of elm trees which are its favoured food source.