Butterfly Shortage?

Question

is It just me or is there a Lack of Butterflys this year in the UK, so far ive only seen a few Orange tip butterflys, no Cabbage Whites, no painted ladys, no Peacocks or any other for that reason. its now late June so Whats happened them all??

Answer 1

yh there is a lack of butterfly, i have seen the white winged ones. i hope there is a ripid increase they are so beautiful

Answer 2

The main reason is that most people no longer care about the natural things about them. They are too busy keeping their gardens bug free. Or building more urban sprawl. I heard a garden expert last month telling someone to destroy the caterpillars attacking his plants. They were those of a rare moth!  Don't panic though there are people out there like me breeding them and trying to re establish some of the scarcer species.

Answer 3

climate change. Maybe temps have changed a bit to the point its just no longer suitable for butterfly's to comeout at this present moment.

Answer 4

I thought it was me. I've only seen very few this year.

I work outdoors and the common opinion of people is that 'the seasons are all over the place'.

We have big swathes of nettles at work and I have looked but not seen a single colony of caterpillars. Last year there were quite a few.

I've not seen anything on my buddleia bush either.