Butterflywatch
From painted ladies to purple emperors, Patrick Barkham's monthly look at the habitat and survival status of butterflies
Where have all Britain’s garden butterflies gone?
Despite a decade of wilding, my flowers appear to be hosts of a party to which no guests have turned up
Butterflywatch: swallowtail emerges again in Norfolk despite winter floods
UK’s largest butterfly remains very vulnerable after worst summer since scientific counting began
Butterflywatch: brimstones in midwinter raise adaptability issues
Can spring species adapt, or will mild extremes disrupt crucial synchronicities between caterpillars and food plants?
Brown hairstreak: the rare butterfly quietly retaking London and beyond
Species declined in Britain in 20th century but is beginning to thrive again – possibly due to climate crisis
American painted lady butterflies set up home on Isles of Scilly
Steady smattering of sightings of rare migrant on St Mary’s, after last year’s first sighting in Cornwall since 1876
A vintage butterfly summer in Britain – what’s going on?
A record number peacocks and red admirals have visited my garden, possibly thanks to the unsettled weather
Large tortoiseshell butterfly returns to Britain after postwar extinction
Global heating appears to be helping big, dynamic species re-establish itself as UK’s 60th native butterfly
Rare butterflies to get boost from Wales golf club grassland restoration
Project funded by Natural Resources Wales at Llanymynech golf course will help early-summer butterflies
Butterflywatch: brimstone appears early after dry and sunny February
Cold weather in March has forced a retreat but a run of warm days will see the brimstones reappear
Autumn brings rare butterflies and moths to UK shores
It has been an epic year for the convolvulus hawkmoth, with dozens sighted for the first time
Butterflywatch: rare high brown fritillary thrives on Dartmoor
Species declined by 96% since 1950s but this summer numbers are strong in south-west England
Butterflywatch: the white-letter hairstreak’s fortunes are tied to our elms
In our writer’s garden, and across the country, the scourge of Dutch elm disease has not been entirely eliminated
Unexpected influx of striped hawkmoths hits southern England
Favourable winds that have swept in superstar of the moth world have also brought painted ladies
How the death’s head hawkmoth transmits terror and confusion
It’s ‘skull’ repels birds, its squeaking genitalia baffle bats and it is covered in waxy particles better to raid honeybee nests
The butterfly that drinks caterpillars alive to bolster its pheromones
Milkweed butterflies in Indonesia have been discovered to supplement their diets with the juices of larvae
Fourteen red admirals on a buddleia: sign of a good butterfly summer?
The extravagantly scented bush is a rich source of late-summer nectar, and this year it has plenty of visitors
Butterflywatch: heath fritillary reap benefits from woodland management
If we work together to create new sanctuaries or restore old habitat, the butterflies will have a fighting chance
Lunch for a dragonfly – an ignominious end for Britain’s biggest butterfly
The demise of the freshly emerged swallowtail makes me ponder all butterflies’ chances of survival
Old cigar box or zesty lemon: the sweet scent of butterfly romance
A new book discusses the different perfumes of the planet’s species and why smell is crucial in mating
Wildlife-friendly UK farms help Duke of Burgundy butterfly numbers take flight
Formerly fluttering towards extinction, the species population has soared by 25% in a decade
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