butterflies
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According to The UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme, butterflies are in sharp decline, with the white-letter hairstreak species falling by 80% since the survey began in 1973.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
That’s especially true of romance readers, who are generally regarded as the social butterflies of the book community.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
Comma butterflies, with their distinctively ragged wing edges, have recovered in numbers since the survey began.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
It is this variety that makes the site such a stronghold for butterflies, she says.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
We learned that wildlife, like deer and butterflies, depend on native plants for survival, and if we remove the bushes and small trees along our coastlines, then hurricanes could cause increased coastal erosion.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
