- ICUN Redlist
- World's Most Endangered Butterflies
- Karner Blue Butterfly, Mitchell's Satyr, Verdes Blue Butterfly, Miami Blue, Macedonian Grayling
- Declining in Abundance and Sightings across the world and UK
- UK declining species consists of Wood White, High brown Fritillary.
- Great reduction in cities
- Destruction of habitats.
- "The rapid decline of so many species is extremely worrying. They point to a major loss of wildlife and wild habitats across Europe. Far more effort is needed to support the traditional farming systems on which many species depend and protect key areas from development”, says Dr Martin Warren, Chief Executive of Butterfly Conservation
- http://www.iucnredlist.org/initiatives/europe/publications
- Butterfly populations are constantly in danger of disappearing. Habitat loss is one of the leading causes of species decline.
- Endangered by loss of habitat and by collection of specimens for international trade.
- UK Endangered Species BBC - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-1074694
- Large White, Small White and Green Veined White all showed a decline within the butterfly count of 2017.
News Articles
- David Attenborough - The Big Butterfly Count
- The big butterfly count is a nationwide survey aimed at helping us assess the health of our environment. It was launched in 2010 and has rapidly become the world's biggest survey of butterflies. Over 60,000 people took part in 2017, submitting 62,500 counts of butterflies and day-flying moths from across the UK.
- While the butterflies may have been relatively scarce, there was no shortage of participants for the world's largest count of butterflies. Altogether, 62,547 counts were submitted by over 60,400 participants, a 64% increase in the number of counts and a 66% increase in the number of people taking part compared with 2016. This made big butterfly count 2017 by far the most successful yet (the previous record was of 50,030 counts in 2015).
- http://www.bigbutterflycount.org/2017mainresults
- Red Admiral Thrives, whilst Whites Decline - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/sep/25/red-admiral-thrives-in-butterfly-count-while-whites-show-decline
- Survey to Show Apparent Spike in British Numbers - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jul/14/worlds-largest-butterfly-survey-aims-to-assess-apparent-spike-in-british-numbers.
- Late Summer Flowers Draw A Crazy of Insects - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/sep/25/country-diary-late-summer-flowers-insects-feeding-frenzy
Teaching Material
Butterfly Unit Contents - What Caterpillars Eat, From Caterpillar to Butterfly, Life Cycles, Eat Like A Butterfly, How to Attract Butterflies.
Places to Visit/Exhibitions
- Natural history Museum -
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'The Sensational Butterflies exhibition offers visitors a taste of the tropics and its native butterflies.Butterfly House Manager Luke Brown tells us what it takes to keep the hundreds of butterflies soaring.The exhibition hosts over 500 butterflies from several countries around the world under one roof - so it's no surprise that it takes more than a little planning to prepare and maintain the butterfly house for its winged residents.'
- Building a Home, All you can eat, Sourcing Ethically, new Homes, Butterfly Midwife.
- Tropical World
- Stratford Upon Avon Butterfly Farm -
- Enjoy the unique pleasure of watching hundreds of the world's most spectacular and colourful butterflies flying all around. You can see them feeding and flying in a wonderful tropical environment.
- Schools - Questionaires
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