Beautiful Tortoiseshell Butterfly Recolonizes England Decades After Elm Disease Had Eliminated it

The butterfly-mad British are celebrating what seems to be a permanent return of this large and spectacular species after Dutch elm disease killed it off from the island. Unlike the small tortoiseshell butterfly, the large tortoiseshell butterfly hasn’t been a resident of the UK since the 1960s, but after several years of continuous widespread sightings, […] The post Beautiful Tortoiseshell Butterfly Recolonizes England Decades After Elm Disease Had Eliminated it appeared first on Good News Network.