The first of more than two dozen endangered monarch butterflies tagged with toothpick-sized radio trackers this summer has made it to Mexico to overwinter. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #conservation #wildlife #environment #Lepidopterology #science #SciChat

A Clouded Yellow butterfly seen at the coast here in Pembrokeshire. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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#Pembrokeshire #conservation

Yes, moths do matter
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Why do #lepidopterists call it a #Butterfly box and not a motholeum?

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A Small dusty wave moth (Idaea seriata), a Brimstone moth (Opisthograptis luteolata), and a Twenty plume moth (Alucita hexadactyla).

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Spotted this extraordinary pale tussock moth #Caterpillar in #RegentsPark today, on a large old oak, whilst visiting #FriezeSculpturePark . Great colours
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#CallitearaPudibunda #Lymantriidae #lepidoptera #lepidopterology

Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta). (It used to be called the Red admirable.)

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The caterpillar of Macrothylacia rubi (EN fox moth, PL barczatka malinówka). Kicin, Wielkopolska (western Poland).
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