FfFfFfFF 58,401 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 The biggest reintroduction to date of the large blue has led to the rare butterfly flying on a Cotswold hillside where it has not been seen for 150 years. About 750 butterflies emerged on to Rodborough Common in Gloucestershire this summer after 1,100 larvae were released last autumn following five years of innovative grassland management to create optimum habitat. The globally endangered butterfly now flies in greater number in Britain than anywhere else in the world, four decades after it became extinct in the country. Its return to Britain is arguably the most successful insect reintroduction project worldwide, after caterpillars were initially brought from Sweden in an ecologist’s camper van. The reintroduction was a partnership involving the National Trust, Butterfly Conservation, the Back from the Brink project and others. As the climate warms, the large blue should be able to spread northwards, but only if helped to find new habitat. Source: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/aug/13/large-blue-butterfly-flutters-in-cotswolds-for-first-time-in-150-years Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG 7 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Nature is beautiful Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 What kind of beautiful creatures wow Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarstruckIllusion 53,580 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 it’s like the ones in Animal Crossing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woolfsmck 2,763 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 erm...butterflies come from catipillars...which eat leaves in my garden...so...fvck butterflies....😑 like a cat in a sil, I observe life, moving and still. My words give a clue,look inside to see whats true Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJM 1,520 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Just up the road from me!! 🙋🏼♂️ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Butterflies really are just the most beautiful creatures, like Lana said "happiness is a butterfly" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gothicdream 39,660 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 This makes my heart swell Thank you for sharing some good news. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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