It Fluttered That Way?

The UK only has around 58 species of butterfly. These attractive, pollinating insects have been, however, challenged by a combination of intensive farming and climate change (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/may/29/the-guardian-view-on-british-butterflies-declining-beauty). Intensive programmes of care for particular endangered species of butterflies by volunteers in small, defined areas had been extolled as conservation successes. It appears that such exercises are now failing. Climate change is making it very difficult for butterfly numbers to recover after disastrous years. The losses of these highly visible species are one of the most obvious expressions of 'insectaggendon' in the UK.