The Small Tortoiseshell is one of our most common and widespread butterflies. The pattern of creamy-yellows, foxy-oranges, ...

Dailymotion Small Tortoiseshell butterfly Posted: 3 April 2025 | Last updated: 3 April 2025 2024 was the worst year for the Small Tortoiseshell butterfly. Since the first UK Butterfly Monitoring ...

Leaving a patch of nettles is one of the best ways of encouraging butterflies as Urtica dioica is the larval food source for the caterpillars of Red Admiral, Painted Lady, Small Tortoiseshell ...

However there is a sliver of hope. Sometime among the weather mayhem a small tortoiseshell was seen on Chislehurst Common, the first time it had been recorded there for many years. The small ...

But there were was a worrying decline for a the Small Tortoiseshell, as well as the Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary. Scientists say that human activity, including habitat destruction and climate ...

A peacock butterfly, left, and a small tortoiseshell butterfly enjoy a spell of mild autumn weather (Owen Humphreys/PA Wire) PA Archive But scientists warned that the potential for northward ...

Among them was the small tortoiseshell butterfly, numbers of which plummeted by 86% in the past 49 years, while the green-veined white butterfly saw a 28% decline. Common butterflies that live in ...