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Chamomile Shark
We all love the flowers and scent of Chamomile, but so does the caterpillar of the Chamomile Shark moth. Photo: Ray Surridge
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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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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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Common Heath
This day-flying moth species is on the wing in June across heathlands on The Lizard. Photo: Sarah Board
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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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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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Grass Eggar
The sea-cliffs of the south-west, including those of The Lizard, are among the best places to find the Grass Eggar moth, a nationally scarce species. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
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Grayling
Grayling butterflies require plenty of bare earth for basking, so watch out for them in later summer along the trackways of the Lizard Downs. They are on the wing into […]
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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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Marsh Fritillary
This small and delicate butterfly is a protected species due to its serious decline in numbers, but The Lizard is one of their strongholds. Find them on Mullion Cliffs or […]
