Another Life: What to do if you disturb a butterfly’s winter slumber
Michael Viney: The small tortoiseshell can become confused by central heating
The unswattables: How are flies so adept at evasive action?
It all comes down to differences in the ‘flicker fusion rate’ of images being processed
Michael Viney: Our flying friends and foe do not seem as plentiful as before
In the heatwave we left every window open at night to trap the slightest breeze, inviting all sorts of winged invasion. Nothing came in
Another Life: A classic dogfight between butterflies
Michael Viney: In tight spiralling flight they whirred past my nose, then vanished among distant bushes
Grass or tarmac? The towpath debate
Hikers and nature-lovers are unhappy about hard-track plans for Irish waterways
A butterfly’s view of the Royal Canal
Don’t dismiss that patch of nettles as ‘weeds’: it is prime butterfly habitat
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