We've written to the new FM, Eluned Morgan, outlining our 5 priorities to avert the nature crisis. Only she has the ability to steer us to a future Wales where wildlife thrives, and not one where we're just counting down to a 'nature-pocalypse'... waleslink.org/ensuring-the-n…

A beautiful Common Blue in our garden this afternoon. Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Lincs Wildlife Trust LNU

Small Copper. Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Ireland's National Biodiversity Conference WildWebsWednesday wildflowerhour Kilkenny Weather Nore Vision (Nore River Catchment Trust) #SlateQuarries Windgap.ie Lingaun Valley Tourism

☀️ Morning visit to Fontmell Down good to see 4 Silver-spotted Skipper also one Chalk-hill Blue among the many Adonis 😀 BC Dorset 🦋 Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Dorset Wildlife Spot

Hands up if you love hairstreaks 🙋 One of the latest butterflies in the UK to emerge, the brilliant Brown Hairstreak flies from mid-July to mid-September around hedges, sunny woodland rides, and scrubby areas where their caterpillar food plant Blackthorn can be found.

The Adonis Blue has got its name for a good reason, it is simply the most beautiful of the Blue #butterflies in the UK! Swellshill Bank near Rodborough, Gloucs (3 males, 1 female) Butterfly Conservation 🦋

Helping the UK's boggiest butterfly 🦋🌱 The Large Heath is one of the few butterflies that is adapted to the cool, wet climates of northern areas, with populations in limited sites across the UK. 📍 Find out how we're putting Large Heath on the map 👇 butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blog/…

Well I have never been so excited 😂the #Butterflies have returned they must know the weather is improving Butterfly Conservation 🦋 #wildlifephotography

Found this chonky beauty—a death’s head hawkmoth caterpillar—in the back garden here in Oxford. 11cm! Butterfly Conservation 🦋

It's September and the beginning of meteorological autumn! Be on the lookout for these butterflies and moths 🦋🍂 Discover more species with tips on how you can help them by signing up to our monthly enewsletter 👉 butrfli.es/2Td2KQg #SaveButterflies #MothsMatter

Can you help us make space for urban butterflies and moths? 🏙️🌿 Launching tomorrow, our Crowdfunder aims to raise £23,000 to support projects that will improve habitats for declining populations of urban butterflies and moths. Learn about #WildSpaces 👇 wild-spaces.co.uk

Happy #MothMonday! Look out for the Barred Sallow (Tiliacea aurago) this month 🍂 This autumnal moth can be seen on the wing in September and October around wooded valleys, downland and southern heaths. 📷: Iain H Leach, Patrick Clement, Will Langdon #MothsMatter

We're launching #Leptember to brighten up our timelines, especially now summer is making way for autumn. During September we'll share pics of butterflies & moths (Lepidoptera). Please join in & help flood twitter with beautiful Leps from around the world! 📷 Papilio Machaon

1/2 We're working hard to improve the public image of moths and looking to bring back those we've lost like the Kentish Glory to the Wyre Forest. You can support this work by ordering a set of 3 pin badges for a minimum donation of £10. Butterfly Conservation 🦋

A warm night (haven’t been many of those in 2024!) on Saturday brought out a fair few moths at the local country park. Highlights were a brace each of Bulrush and Webb’s Wainscots

September is your last chance of the year to see some of the UK's rarest and most spectacular butterflies 📆🦋 The Brown Hairstreak, Chalk Hill Blue and Silver-spotted Skipper are among an array of butterflies still on the wing. 📷: Nick Edge

The colours of autumn, a Small Copper butterfly resting on Bracken fronds at Dunwich Heath, Suffolk (29th August 2024) BC Suffolk Branch Butterfly Conservation 🦋 SuffolkWildlifeTrust Suffolksnaps Dunwich Heath Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths National Landscape

The marvellous Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) is our species of the month ✨ Learn all about these impressive insects and the phenomenal 9,000-mile journey they undertake ever year in our latest blog 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blog/… 📷: Iain H Leach