Green Options » Large Tortoiseshell http://greenoptions.com/tag/large-tortoiseshell Posts tagged 'Large Tortoiseshell' Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:56:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Conservationists Hopeful Extinct Butterfly Back in Britain http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/01/08/conservationists-hopeful-extinct-butterfly-back-in-britain/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/01/08/conservationists-hopeful-extinct-butterfly-back-in-britain/#comments Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:56:52 +0000 Marika Collins http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/01/08/conservationists-hopeful-extinct-butterfly-back-in-britain/ Large Tortoiseshell Butterfly
British conservationists are ecstatic over what they hope is the return of the Large Tortoiseshell butterfly, thought to be extinct in Britain. The butterfly, once common, dwindled in numbers in the early twentieth century to the point where it disappeared entirely.

Some experts fear that sightings of the Large Tortoiseshell may in fact be of migrants from mainland Europe (where the butterfly is still common), or of escaped specimens from breeders. Conservationists, however, are hopeful that the butterfly is breeding again in England.

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