No other butterfly has that particular combination of markings so the species cannot be confused with any other insect. The Speckled Wood is unique among butterflies in another way: it can ...

Scientists believe Scotland has its own subspecies of the speckled wood. Butterfly Conservation Scotland has noted speckled woods moving south from the Moray Firth, while those in England expand ...

Appearing this month, the speckled wood butterfly can be seen along woodland margins and glades. Sexes are similar having cream spotted chocolate coloured wings and are on the wing from April until ...

"We have studied the behavior of the speckled wood butterfly, where the males establish their territory in large sunny spots in forests. The males sit on the ground in the sunny spots and check ...

rapid breeding cycles per year and are flexible about their habitat (such as the Speckled Wood butterfly), by allowing them more time to bulk up in numbers before winter and expand their range ...

SIR David Attenborough calls it one of the highs of summer: the sight of a Speckled Wood butterfly, with its brown and yellow wings, flitting through the trees on a sunny day. There was a time ...

The Speckled Wood butterfly flies from April until October (Image: Bob Eade/Butterfly Conservation) This beautifully patterned brown and cream butterfly, which flies from April to October ...

"The geographical spread and range of the Big Butterfly Count data really does provide important data for us along with data from other schemes." Image caption, The Speckled Wood butterfly fell ...