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IT HASN'T been a great season so far for butterflies but when weather conditions are conducive the Speckled Wood is one of the most common species on the wing at this time of year. It is a smallish ...
One of the UK's most rapidly declining butterflies is being offered a helping hand in Herefordshire... The Wood White butterfly has become a rare sight in England's countryside, with numbers falling ...
Volunteers for national charity Butterfly Conservation were delighted when caterpillars of the Cryptic Wood White born this year pupated and hatched into a second ‘brood’ of adults in a matter of ...
A new species of butterfly has taken scientists by surprise after it was discovered fluttering in Northern Ireland. Experts had no idea that the Cryptic wood white even existed as they launched a ...
Bergman and converse Bergman rules, amongst others, describe latitudinal variation in size of organisms, including flying ectotherms like butterflies. However, geographic clines in morphological ...