The Large Blue butterfly has a very strange lifestyle. When it hatches in July, its caterpillar feeds on thyme plants for three weeks and then drops to the ground to begin a more leisurely existence.

Butterflies are common throughout the world; however, there is more to them than meets the eye. From optical illusions in ...

Discoveries That Saved The Large Blue Butterfly Detailed Date: June 18, 2009 Source: American Association for the Advancement of Science Summary: On the 25th anniversary of the project that ...

Following a bad year for butterflies in 2024, it’s more important than ever to take part in this year’s Big Butterfly Count.

In 1979, somewhere in Dartmoor, a butterfly died. That would hardly have been an exceptional event, but this individual was a Large Blue butterfly (Maculinea arion) and it was the last of its kind in ...

Finally, some good news! Conservationists have successfully reintroduced previously extinct large blue butterflies to the UK, with the creatures populating parts of the country for the first time ...

The large blue butterfly, once-extinct in the UK and reintroduced in 1983, flew in its greatest numbers on the largest number of sites in 2022 since records began. Thanks to meticulous conservation ...

The globally endangered large blue butterfly was introduced to Rodborough Common in Gloucestershire last year. Now, more than ever, we need support so that we can continue with our vital nature ...

Scientists have found a new butterfly species in the south of China. It is the first known species of the family of large blue butterflies that lives in mountain forests.

Bristol is a city famous for its blue glass, but the beautiful Large Blue butterfly, once almost extinct, is perhaps lesser known. Thanks to conservation efforts, the rare species can now be seen once ...

Regenerated Large Blue butterfly takes flight on film screenings open to all. A painting of the Large Blue butterfly Close and Remote. Press release issued: 1 July 2024. Bristol is a city famous for ...

Finally, some good news! Conservationists have successfully reintroduced previously extinct large blue butterflies to the UK, with the creatures populating parts of the country for the first time ...