Butterfly Conservation on LinkedIn: #savebutterflies #nature #wildlife #conservation (2024)

We are excited to invite enthusiastic and dedicated individuals to stand for election to Butterfly Conservation’s Board of Trustees 2024! 📢As a trustee, you will have the opportunity to make a big difference in a small charity, influencing our strategy and supporting our expert staff and volunteers in the conservation of butterflies and moths.We are particularly interested to hear from candidates with relevant experience in the following areas:🦋 Advocacy/Lobbying Skills🦋 Fundraising and Marketing🦋 Environmental Leadership🦋 Financial experience, particularly in the charitable sectorFind out more 👉 https://lnkd.in/g4NaaTyj

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This April look out for these butterflies and moths in your gardens and local green spaces 🌷🌱🦋Discover more species with tips on how you can help them by signing up to our monthly enewsletter 👉 https://butrfli.es/2Td2KQg#SaveButterflies #MothsMatter

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Happy Easter! Here's a different take on the classic chocolate egg... 🦋🥚Many butterflies and moths lay their eggs on the food plant for the caterpillar, providing a ready meal for their offspring when they hatch.Later this month you should be able to sniff out Orange-tip eggs beneath the flower heads of Cuckooflower, Garlic Mustard and Honesty. Look for tiny spindle-shaped ovum that turn bright orange a few days after they are laid!Find out which caterpillar food plants you can add to your #WildSpace 👉 https://wild-spaces.co.uk/📷: Orange-tip - James Weightman

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Remember the clocks 'spring forward' an hour at 1am this coming Sunday (31 March) 🦋 ☀️ What will you do with an extra hour of daylight this Sunday? 📷 : Orange-tip (Jaco Costerus)

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Not your average egg cosy! 🥚The nationally scarce Small Eggar (Eriogaster lanestris) moth mainly lays its eggs on Blackthorn and Hawthorn. The females have a tuft of grey hairs at the end of the abdomen which they use to cover the egg batches, protecting them from any potential predators.The caterpillars can be found living together in webs from April to July before they overwinter as pupae, sometimes spending two or three winters in the cocoon. 🐛📷: Bob Eade#MothsMatter

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The arrival of Spring has brought two more first sightings for 2024! 🦋 The first Orange-tip (Anthocharis cardamines) was spotted on the 17th March in Cambridgeshire, followed by the Green-veined White (Pieris napi) on the 19th in Derbyshire.Follow along with the first butterfly sightings as they happen 👉 https://butrfli.es/47pkQyC📷: Jaco Costerus

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Is your garden a haven for butterflies and moths? 🌿🌻Every year Butterfly Conservation supporters open their green spaces for one day in the summer for the public to enjoy and to raise funds to save butterflies, moths and the environment. This year we aim to be bigger than ever!If you would like to get involved with Open Gardens 2024 or 2025, please email fundraising@butterfly-conservation.org for further information. ✉️ 📷: Judith Hathrill#SaveButterflies #MothsMatter

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Keeping the kids entertained for two weeks during the school holidays can require a lot of thought so we’re here to help! 🐰 🦋 Check out our fun and simple activities to fill the hours with adventure, exploration, and entertainment 👉 https://lnkd.in/ggqYg9cQ

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Join us for the annual Northern Ireland Recorder's Day 2024! 🦋A fantastic opportunity to get together and share the latest information on species conservation, recording schemes, atlasing projects and volunteer recording.Butterflies and moths are on the programme but there's also an opportunity to hear about dragonflies, the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan and how you can get involved in the weekend's Greater Belfast Area's bioblitz City Nature Challenge.📅 Saturday 27 April 10am - 2:30pmBook your free place 👉 https://lnkd.in/gavYhYMW📷: Mike McKenzie

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Happy #MothMonday! Today we're putting the spotlight on the Dotted Border (Agriopis marginaria)The male of this common and widespread species flies from February to April and is attracted to light, sometimes in large numbers.The female is almost entirely wingless and can be found by day resting on tree-trunks. 🌳Learn more about this magnificent moth 👉 https://lnkd.in/euq3ED4d📷: Iain H Leach, Patrick Clement#MothsMatter

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