Meet the gorgeous great spangled fritillary butterfly. The best way to identify an adult Gulf fritillary butterfly is to look for bright orange wings that stretch between 2 1/2 to 3 3/4 inches.
especially if you have milkweeds or butterfly bush. There are actually several fritillary species that all look very much alike, but the great-spangled fritillary is the biggest, boldest ...
She added: "Despite this success story, reports show that 80% of the UK’s butterfly species have declined in abundance and/or distribution in the last 50 years." More than 200 heath fritillary ...
In a year when a “butterfly emergency” has been declared, one species in Northern Ireland is bucking the trend. The marsh fritillary made its presence felt in autumn, when the caterpillars ...