More than 1,000 heath fritillaries have been recorded so far this year on the National Trust’s Holnicote Estate in Somerset.

One of the UK’s rare butterflies, the heath fritillary, that was once on ‘the brink of extinction’ – is rising in numbers in Exmoor.

A West Somerset Exmoor estate has seen a resurgence of a rare butterfly species, once on the "brink of extinction".

Still others stack their eggs in little towers. Butterfly eggs can be round, ovoid, or shaped like little grains of rice. They can be red, yellow, green, white, cream, and more.

In fact around 1949 an elder brother had bought a first edition of E B Ford's 'Butterflies' (which I still possess) convinced he had seen a Silver Washed Fritillary and needed to be sure. He still ...

There are four stages to the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, ... The gulf fritillary looks for passionflowers (Passiflora), like maypop, (Passiflora incarnata) ...

It’s hard to overlook the brilliant orange and black wings of a monarch butterfly as it moves through a garden of flowers. It ...

The regal fritillary butterfly thrives at Fort Indiantown Gap thanks to the site’s regular live-fire disturbances. Those conditions create the grasslands and plants the butterflies prefer.

Anyone who has butterflies in their garden has been asked to take urgent action after worrying new figures showed numbers have plunged in the last 12 months. The latest annual results from the UK ...

More than 60 species of butterflies have been documented on the property, prompting the editors of Butterfly Gardener, a publication for members of the North American Butterfly Association, in ...

Anyone with butterflies in garden asked to take action before 'it's too late' The latest annual results from the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme, show 'one of the worst years on record' in the UK ...

In addition to spotting one of the butterflies, they also found two butterfly eggs on the plant. The trio ended their day with more than two dozen species recorded, while Charlotte Reemts and her ...