Butterflies & Moths

Oleander hawk moth. © Gerard Cheshire

Moths and butterflies shift their symmetry to improve camouflage

CLOSED – Win a copy of Life Cycles of British & Irish Butterflies

Tagpfauenauge nascht Nektar auf den Blueten der Herbstastern im Garten (Photo by Harald Lange/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

New study on the best garden plants for pollinators

Painted lady butterfly. © Andrew Cooper/Butterfly Conservation

The year of the painted lady

A female long-tailed blue butterfly. © Neil Hulme/Butterfly Conservation

Climate change causes invasion of Mediterranean butterfly in the UK

Large heath butterfly bred at Chester Zoo previously released in Lancashire.

Rare butterfly to be reintroduced

A male common blue butterfly by Bob Eade, Butterfly Conservation

Common blue butterfly numbers soar in heatwaves

Chequered skipper. © Andrew Cooper

Rare butterfly flies again in England

Hummingbird hawk moth. © Steve Maskell/Butterfly Conservation.

Moths have a bad reputation despite ecological importance

Large blue butterfly. © Gary Chalker/Getty

Butterflies bounce back in summer heatwave

High brown fritillary butterfly. © Iain Leach/Butterfly Conservation

Conserving the UK’s most threatened butterfly

Conservationists plant elm trees for rare butterflies

Come late summer, the 170-foot high mountain is covered in the purple-pink colour of ling heather. In some areas of the island this species makes up an important coastal habitat known as maritime heath. © Ben Porter

Wildlife on the ‘Island of 20,000 Saints’

Papilio natewa. © Greg Kerr

New species of butterfly discovered in Fiji

Sir David Attenborough is encouraging people to take part in the Big Butterfly Count © Butterfly Conservation

Insects & Invertebrates

Attenborough says “watching butterflies is good for you”