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Cinnabar
Cinnabar moths are on the wing from mid-May to early August, and their yellow and black banded caterpillars munch on Ragwort through the summer. Photo: Amanda Scott
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Clouded Yellow
Clouded Yellow butterflies are summer visitors, arriving from May to June. The coast is a good place to watch out for them. Photo: Dougy Wright
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Comma
The delightful Comma butterfly, with its raggedy wings, can be spotted through the summer months and into early autumn. Photo: Dougy Wright
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Common Blue
The Common Blue is one of the butterflies counted annually in Butterfly Conservation’s Big Butterfly Count. Photo: Dougy Wright
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Galium Carpet
Watch out round the coast for the prettily-patterned Galium Carpet moth throughout the summer. Although nocturnal, it can be spotted when disturbed from its daytime resting places. Photo: Leon Truscott
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Garden Tiger
Garden Tiger caterpillars are known as Woolly Bears, for obvious reasons. Photo: Steve Townsend
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Gatekeeper
Late July and early August is the peak time for the chocolate and orange Gatekeeper butterfly. Look out for them round hedgerows and scrubby areas. Photo: Amanda Scott
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Hummingbird Hawk-moth
Hummingbird Hawk-moths are migratory visitors to The Lizard in good summers. Photo: Ray Surridge
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Large Skipper
Watch out for Large Skippers from May to September in meadows, and in woodland rides and glades. Photo: Steve Townsend
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Orange-tip
Orange-tips can be seen on the wing along the hedgerows and verges as the weather becomes warmer in mid- to late spring. Photo: Amanda Scott
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Peacock
Peacock butterflies emerge into the sunshine from their winter sleep in the spring. Photo: © Natural England/Paul Lacey
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Red Admiral
The migratory Red Admiral butterfly can be spotted from spring until winter in the milder climate of the south-west. Photo: Amanda Scott
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Ringlet
Ringlets may not be as showy as some other butterflies, but they have their own gentle charm. Photo: © Allan Drewitt/Natural England
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Silver-washed Fritillary
The Silver-washed Fritillary is the largest of the UK Fritillaries. Look out for it at the height of summer, in July and August. Photo: Ray Surridge
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Six-spot Burnet Moth
This day-flying moth is a common sight in mid- to late summer, with its flashes of red colour amongst the knapweed and thistles. Photo: Steve Townsend
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Small Copper
The fast-flying Small Copper is on the wing into autumn; watch out on warmer days for its coppery colours. Photo: Ray Surridge
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Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary
On the Lizard, this pretty butterfly is mainly a coastal species. Photo: Amanda Scott
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Small Tortoiseshell
Small Tortoiseshells usually produce two broods in a year, and so a second-generation of adults emerges in August. Photo: Amanda Scott
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The Drinker
Caterpillars of the Drinker moth can be seen emerging in the spring, getting ready to pupate in June. Look for the tuft of hair at each end. Photo: Charles J […]
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