MR. FROHAWK is well known to naturalists as an admirable delineator and accurate observer of British lepidoptera in all their stages. The present work amply fulfils the expectations of those who knew ...

Researchers are investigating whether a rare British butterfly could be reared from eggs frozen in liquid nitrogen in an effort to safeguard the future of the species. The survival of the British ...

THE first volume on the larvæ of the British butterflies and moths appeared in 1885; the present volume contains the first portion of the Geometræ, and this group will be completed in vol. viii. The ...

A new study shows it is possible to predict how fast a population will spread and reveals the importance of habitat conservation in helping threatened species survive environmental change. The ...

Conservationists are warning of a 'butterfly emergency' as an annual UK survey recorded the lowest-ever result in its 14-year history. The Big Butterfly Count, organised by Butterfly Conservation over ...

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A groundbreaking project has been launched to help protect one of the UK’s most spectacular insects. The British Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio machaon britannicus) is found exclusively in East Anglia ...

Many British butterflies and moths have been responding to warmer temperatures by emerging earlier in the year and for the first time scientists have identified why this is creating winners and losers ...