A flash of shimmering blue on a sunny Hampshire day is always a treat - but not all blue butterflies are the same. Two ...

Common blue butterflies are among familiar species disappearing from British gardens, a conservation charity warned yesterday. The blue and small tortoiseshell are among species to have their ...

The common blue lives in amongst flowery meadows and can be drawn to a garden with open, sunny borders or grassy areas with abundant flowers. They overwinter as larva, with the caterpillars ...

In particular, nearly two thirds of the common blue species were wiped out. Numbers of all butterflies were down 11 per cent on last year as winds and heavy rain devastated their reproductive ...

The butterfly has been “struggling for the last 40 years”, according to the charity, but common blue populations increased by 104% in the summer of 2018 compared with the previous year thanks ...

While Common Blue Butterflies are flying at present their numbers are reduced. Blue butterflies are on the wing at present and are a pleasure to see especially when flitting about in sand dunes at ...

The common blue butterfly could be booming in the UK thanks to recent spells of hot weather, according to a conservation charity. Experts are predicting that the July heatwave and Met Office ...

This is not because natural enemies are absent from the new areas, but that the parasitoids are not able to locate the Brown Argus. Instead, the parasitoids rely on the common blue butterfly ...

Holly Blue A small bright blue butterfly with black spots on the underside of its wings. It is widespread in England and Wales and its range is expanding northwards into Scotland and NI.

Last year, butterfly numbers were at their lowest in 14 years. Some well-known species like the Small White, Common Blue, and Small Tortoiseshell had their worst summer ever.

The number of common blue butterflies counted in 2024 was 69% lower than in 2023, with numbers down in England, Scotland and Wales but up in Northern Ireland.

Blue butterflies are on the wing at present and are a pleasure to see especially when flitting about in sand dunes at the seaside. We have three species of blue butterfly in Ireland, the Common ...