Scotland: Exquisite and Endangered Butterfly That Lays Eggs the Size of Salt Grains Found Breeding for First Time in 130 Years Published Feb 16, 2018 at 9:45 AM EST Updated Feb 16, 2018 at 4:08 PM EST ...

A butterfly once thought to be extinct in Scotland's Ochil Hills due to habitat loss was rediscovered this week, when a Northern Brown Argus was found to be breeding in the garden of a volunteer ...

Butterfly Conservation. Last summer, the elusive white-letter hairstreak butterfly was spotted in Scotland for the first time in 133 years. Conservationists wondered if the critter had established ...

10 new butterfly species in Scotland thanks to climate change – study - Research shows that over the past 40 years, butterflies traditionally found in England and Wales have become more common ...

A butterfly that was once thought to be dying out in the UK has colonised Scotland. The comma butterfly was in severe decline in the 20th Century and had become restricted to south east England ...

Threatened by habitat loss, the butterfly's numbers have dwindled by 96 percent since the 1970s, and the insect hasn’t even been spotted in Scotland since 1884.

A DECLINING butterfly has been discovered in Scotland for the first time in more than a century, wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation has confirmed. All Sections. Dare to be Honest.

A butterfly which has suffered a dramatic decline in numbers has been spotted in Scotland for the first time in more than a century. The white-letter hairstreak was seen by recorder Iain Cowe near ...

The Holly Blue butterfly had only occasionally been recorded in Scotland prior to the 2000s, but after becoming firmly established in Edinburgh from 2006 and in Ayr from 2008, the species has ...

A butterfly whose numbers have seen dramatic declines in recent years is breeding in Scotland for the first time in 130 years, experts said. Wednesday, 4 September 2024.

A rare butterfly could have established a new colony in Scotland after being spotted in the country for the first time in more than 130 years. The White-letter Hairstreak was caught on camera by ...

Wondering which butterflies you might spot in your garden this summer during Big Butterfly Count, the annual UK-wide survey aimed at helping us assess the health of our environment my counting the ...