Butterfly Conservation

Listen to the children of Holy Cross Primary in Bedminster, Bristol as they explain the incredible migration of the Painted Lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) across Europe! #FunFriday

Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus) on birds-foot trefoil, photographed by Ivan Lynas
This familiar butterfly of grassland and sometimes gardens, came 6th overall in our Big #ButterflyCount 2018 and had its highest numbers per count since 2010!
Find out how you can attract butterflies to your own garden:... https://butrfli.es/GardeningPin
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When Jayne Yack speaks, she knows that her butterflies can hear her. They’re listening with their wings. #WednesdayWisdom
Discover how: butrfli.es/ButterflyEars

Still time to look out for #AutumnAdmirals while the Ivy is out in flower, have you seen many this October?
Photo: Red Admirals by Iain Leach

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To celebrate the close of our milestone 50th Anniversary year, we are delighted to invite you to join us with a special dinner in the evening. This will be held in The Trafalgar Suite of the Nottingham Belfry Hotel, at 7.00pm.
We will be joined by guest speaker, Matthew Oates. Matthew is a well-known broadcaster who has made a number of appearances on BBC Radio 4 and TV credits which include The One Show, Springwatch, Great British Summer and Butterflies – A Very British Obse...ssion.
Tickets cost £30.00 per person and include a three-course meal and wine. In keeping with Butterfly Conservation events, the dress code is informal. Tickets can be purchased here and must be bought in advance, by 25 October 2018 at the latest.
You will be asked to select your menu choices when purchasing your tickets.
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Butterfly Conservation’s 50th Anniversary Annual General Meeting and Members’ Day 2018 is being held on Saturday 10 November 2018 at The Nottingham Belfry Hotel, Nottingham.
All members are welcome and registration commences at 9.30am, with the AGM beginning at 10.05am. For the full agenda, please see the AGM Programme, which you will receive in the post.
As usual, there will be a variety of stalls for you to visit, as well as a raffle from the East Midlands Branch of Butter...fly Conservation.
Lunch can be provided at a cost of £10.00 per person, and this includes a jacket potato with a selection of fillings and an assortment of fruit. Tickets are available on the day and must be purchased from the registration desk in the morning. A selection of tea, coffee and biscuits can also be purchased throughout the day at a cost of £3.00.
Accommodation is available at the Nottingham Belfry, and please contact the hotel direct to make a reservation on 0115 973 9393. The hotel is offering complimentary car parking for all attendees.
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Amazing front view of the head of a young Speckled Wood caterpillar!
Focus stack of 104 images by Gilles San Martin / Scale: Head width = 0.7mm

The greatest migration on Earth sends tens of millions of butterflies from all over North America down to this small forest in Mexico. #AutumnWatch
"Seeing this overwintering site of the monarch butterfly in real life is even more miraculous than you can imagine." - Phil Torres
Check out Phil's Youtube for more amazing videos:... butrfli.es/TheJungleDiaries
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The Common Buckeye is a common sight in parks and gardens across North America during the summer and autumn months.
Their large eyespots are thought to deter predators, much like those on our native Peacock butterfly. #AutumnWatch @BBCSpringwatch
Photo by Vijay Somalinga

This amazing, sped up clip shows the wings expanding on a freshly emerged Death's-head Hawk-moth (Acherontia atropos)! 😮
Thanks to James O'Neill for the footage.

How cute is this Rosy Maple?! Native to the US, they are perhaps one of the prettiest of moths with their candy-coloured coat and cuddly appearance.
Can be seen in forests across New England but venture into urban gardens, where they feed on Maple. #AutumnWatch BBC Springwatch

A moth native to southern Europe and North Africa, the Vestal is an immigrant species, arriving in southern England in varying numbers each autumn. In good years, several hundred may appear, and some may turn up almost anywhere in Britain. #AutumnArrivals
Photo by Samantha Batty

Have you ever seen a Monarch butterfly? #AutumnWatch
The Monarch (Danaus plexippus) is a rare migrant to the UK but remains one of the world's most iconic butterflies, their vivid patterning of black and orange is familiar across continents.
It is not just the beauty of these butterflies that has captured our imaginations but the truly magnificent 3,000 mile migration made by a single 'super' generation of North American Monarchs.
... Heading south to escape the freezing winters, the butterflies produce a spectacular natural phenomena, arriving around November time every year in their tens of millions to the Sierra Madre oriental mountains in Mexico.
The immense cloud of wings settle together within the forests until the following spring, then producing a succession of generations that must make the mammoth journey back!
Photo: Monarchs in Mexico by Pablo Leautaud
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Despite Christmas being weeks away, wildlife lovers will be gathered around the ivy over the coming weeks as they search for moths and butterflies looking for an autumn lifeline.
Find out more: https://butrfli.es/AutumnArrivals #AutumnAdmirals #AutumnArrivals

The caterpillar of the Spicebush swallowtail (Papilio troilus) is decorated with incredible eye spots that resemble snakes and help to deter predators. #Autumnwatch

The Luna moth (Actias luna) is native across North America and Canada but is rarely seen due to their very brief (7–10 day) adult lives and nocturnal flying time. #AutumnWatch @BBCSpringwatch
As with all giant silk moths, the adults do not eat. Photo by Adam Gor