Brimstone
One of the joys of a spring day is watching a fluttering, lemon-yellow brimstone alight on a flower - an early sign that the seasons are changing. It is commonly spotted in gardens, woodland and…
One of the joys of a spring day is watching a fluttering, lemon-yellow brimstone alight on a flower - an early sign that the seasons are changing. It is commonly spotted in gardens, woodland and…
The brimstone moth is a yellow, night-flying moth with distinctive brown-and-white spots on its angular forewings. It frequently visits gardens, but also likes woods, scrub and grasslands.
The small white is a common garden visitor. It is smaller than the similar large white, and has less black on its wingtips.
Provide food for caterpillars and choose nectar-rich plants for butterflies and you’ll have a colourful, fluttering display in your garden for many months.
Norfolk Wildlife Trust opens the new year with an exciting new project making vital improvements to rare wildlife-rich wetlands near Kings Lynn.
This beautiful orange and brown butterfly is now a rare sight in the UK
This bog-loving butterfly is mostly found in the north of the UK, where it takes to the wing in summer.
This large green moth rests with its wings spread, so is sometimes mistaken for a butterfly.
This beautiful butterfly is one of our rarest, now mostly restricted to the western parts of the UK.
The brown hairstreak is an elusive butterfly that spends much of its time in the treetops feeding on aphid honeydew.
The green-veined white is a common butterfly of hedgerows, woodlands, gardens and parks. It is similar to other white butterflies, but has prominent green stripes on the undersides of its wings.…