This iridescent beauty is back in Norfolk for the first time since the 70s - and marching northEvery July in the 1980s, my dad and I visited Foxley Wood, an ancient woodland close to my home. We were searching for the purple emperor, an iridescent purple, treetop-dwelling insect that inspires more obsession than any other butterfly.Last seen in Norfolk in the early 70s, it fell extinct because Foxley, like many ancient woodlands, was turned over to conifers after the war. We hoped this notoriously elusive creature survived but, if it did, it always eluded us. Continue reading...
Butterflywatch: the return of the dazzling purple emperor
30. červenece 2019 18:00
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Celý článek: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/30/butterflywatch-the-return-of-the-dazzling-purple-emperor
Zdroj: The Guardian