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Escape to the grassland: uncovering the perfect home for the large blue butterfly
Last week we learnt a little about the large blue butterfly’s interesting lifecycle and its important relationship with a certain red ant.
Here we talk about the grasslands where the large…
Large blue
Despite its name, the large blue is a fairly small butterfly, but the largest of our blues. It was declared extinct in 1979, but reintroduced in the 1980s and now survives in southern England.
A great summer for the once extinct large blue butterfly
After a number of successful reintroduction projects, the large blue flew in its greatest numbers and in more places since records began.
In search of the large blue
In the past couple of weeks we’ve learnt a little about large blue butterflies and how we are working to protect them in Gloucestershire.
Here we’ll take you through what you might expect…
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Large emerald
This large green moth rests with its wings spread, so is sometimes mistaken for a butterfly.
Greater butterfly-orchid
The Greater butterfly-orchid is a tall orchid of hay meadows, grasslands and ancient woodlands. It has whitish-green flowers that have spreading petals and sepals - a bit like the wings of a…