#smalltortoiseshell — Public Fediverse posts

I’d given up waiting for Small Tortoiseshell butterflies to visit #InMyGarden - assuming the locals had been wiped out. There are much reduced numbers in many places in UK. So this specimen appearing yesterday gave me great joy.
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Butterflies are an indicator species, meaning they can tell us about the health of the wider environment. 2023 data in UK show continued decline of once common Small Tortoiseshell. I recorded them only in ones and twos in #InMyGarden whereas there wd once be up to a dozen on the lavender. ☹️
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/03/small-tortoiseshell-butterfly-population-numbers-england-worst-year-on-record?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

I suspect this Small Tortoiseshell has been around the block quite a while. #today after days of wind and rain, it settled on a wall warmed by the sun, seeming not to have strength to take off while I moved in very close. The last survivor of Aglais urticae this season, I suspect
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Continuing to celebrate the start of summer with a Small Tortoiseshell butterfly

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