That’s good news for the county. Or does it reflect climate change?
Someone tell Delboy and Rodney
Damn I didn’t know they lived that long
The Silver-washed Fritillary is more widespread in Wales and southern England. Its last sightings in the North East were in the 1850s.
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For the past 175 years they’ve only been striped
Denzel! We’ve got your money!
That’s great Del!
*high fives very valuable rare Butterfly specimen*
Hide and seek world champion award goes to that butterfly.
Great news and all that, but who on Earth comes up with common animal names?
‘Silver’; where? Where’s the silver? Point to the copper/bronze butterfly and show me the silver. Is it some perverse taxonomic in joke?
Grrrr…..
Stop all construction of relief roads, bypasses and ring roads in case there’s a previously unaccounted for rare butterfly environmental impact.
I’ve seen these guys a lot when I was younger (early 90’s to early 2000’s) because I were an avid bug catcher. Used to call them “goldies” 😂
It’s good that they’re making a come back. The whole butterfly/moth population has been booming this year
When I was younger there was a butterfly with its wings closed together sat on the ceiling at the top of the stairs in our house. It must have been there for about 3/4 years. One day, child me thought it would be fun to poke it with the end of a fishing rod. The butterfly instantly opened its wings, came back to life and started flying. I thought they only life for a few days.
I spotted it I just didn’t tell anyone
“Spotted” possibly a confusing choice of word in this instance
1850 that’s ten to seven, right?
> Rare butterfly spotted *in Northumberland* for the first time since 1850
Cool news and well done to the conservation effort and everything, but the headline does rather bury the lede. The butterfly’s not uncommon in Wales and southern England.
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That’s good news for the county. Or does it reflect climate change?
Someone tell Delboy and Rodney
Damn I didn’t know they lived that long
The Silver-washed Fritillary is more widespread in Wales and southern England. Its last sightings in the North East were in the 1850s.
[deleted]
For the past 175 years they’ve only been striped
Denzel! We’ve got your money!
That’s great Del!
*high fives very valuable rare Butterfly specimen*
Hide and seek world champion award goes to that butterfly.
Great news and all that, but who on Earth comes up with common animal names?
‘Silver’; where? Where’s the silver? Point to the copper/bronze butterfly and show me the silver. Is it some perverse taxonomic in joke?
Grrrr…..
Stop all construction of relief roads, bypasses and ring roads in case there’s a previously unaccounted for rare butterfly environmental impact.
I’ve seen these guys a lot when I was younger (early 90’s to early 2000’s) because I were an avid bug catcher. Used to call them “goldies” 😂
It’s good that they’re making a come back. The whole butterfly/moth population has been booming this year
When I was younger there was a butterfly with its wings closed together sat on the ceiling at the top of the stairs in our house. It must have been there for about 3/4 years. One day, child me thought it would be fun to poke it with the end of a fishing rod. The butterfly instantly opened its wings, came back to life and started flying. I thought they only life for a few days.
I spotted it I just didn’t tell anyone
“Spotted” possibly a confusing choice of word in this instance
1850 that’s ten to seven, right?
> Rare butterfly spotted *in Northumberland* for the first time since 1850
Cool news and well done to the conservation effort and everything, but the headline does rather bury the lede. The butterfly’s not uncommon in Wales and southern England.
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