Uk butterflies

Look out for butterflies and moths this June! Here are just a handful of the species you could see over the next few weeks. Discover more and find out how to attract some of them to your garden with our free monthly E-newsletter. // #Butterfly #Butterflies #Moths #Wildlife #Nature

Despite its exotic appearance, the purple emperor is as typical of UK woodland as the mighty oak. It’s elusive and beautiful, but has quite the unsavoury appetite. Visit the Woodland Trust website to find out all about the purple emperor butterfly.

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Conservationists fear this year’s cool spring and slow start to summer have taken their toll on one of UK’s best-loved butterflies

The Painted Lady is a long-distance migrant, which causes the most spectacular butterfly migrations observed in Britain and Ireland.Each year, it spreads northwards from the desert fringes of North Africa, the Middle East, and central Asia, recolonising mainland Europe and reaching Britain and Ireland. In some years it is an abundant butterfly, frequenting gardens and other flowery places in late summer.

UK Butterflies - Clouded Yellow - Colias croceus

This is the largest and rarest of our blue butterflies, distinguished by the unmistakable row of black spots on its upper forewing. Undersides are pale brown with black spots. The Large Blue is one of the most enigmatic butterflies, whose remarkable life cycle involves spending most of the year within the nests of red ants, where the larvae feed on ant grubs.The Large Blue has always been rare in Britain and became extinct in 1979, but it has been reintroduced from continental Europe as part…

British Butterflies

The beautiful common blue butterfly could be booming in the UK thanks to the recent spell of warm weather, according to Butterfly Conservation. Here's how to get involved in their Big Butterfly Count