Scientific study shows 54 of 207 species of butterfly and moth suffered a population crash after the parched summer of 1976 Can you guess the worst natural disaster for British butterflies in recent history? It was not the Beast from the East this February, nor the sunless summer of 2012, but actually the long hot summer of 1976. There may have been butterflies aplenty that year, but the drought caused the next generation of caterpillars' food plants to shrivel with calamitous results. Related: Knotted hankies and hammocks: the heatwave of 1976 - in pictures Continue reading...
Butterflywatch: chilling impact of heatwaves on caterpillars
30. červenece 2018 23:00
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Celý článek: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jul/30/butterflywatch-chilling-impact-of-heatwaves-on-caterpillars
Zdroj: The Guardian
