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The endangered #LargeBlue butterfly has a bizarre life cycle. Its caterpillar feeds on thyme plants and mimics the Myrmica sabuleti ant who then cares for it as their own for the next 10 months.

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April 25, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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The RES #ConservationScience team recently published their findings in @InsectDiversity on the dispersal rates of the #endangered #LargeBlue butterfly 🦋

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Insect Conservation team publish new data on endangered Large blue butterfly - Royal Entomological Society
Rapid selection for increased dispersal rates by the endangered butterfly Phengaris (Maculinea) arion across restored landscapes David J. Simcox, Sarah A. Meredith, Jeremy A. Thomas First…
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April 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Our #BigGive campaign aims to:

🐜 Upskill volunteers to monitor Large blue sites

🐛 Monitor how #ClimateChange affects populations & new sites

🦋 Increase distribution & resilience via re-introductions

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The Large blue was declared nationally extinct in 1979. Thanks to the unique expertise of our conservation science team we have reintroduced this rare species to Gloucestershire and Somerset. We now need your help to support the butterfly's survival, increasing its populations in a changing climate. This iconic butterfly is a globally endangered species. The caterpillar is a parasite of a Red ant, and the butterfly cannot survive without thriving ant colonies on each site. Over the course of the last ten years there have been several extreme weather events which have seen the populations of these and associated species decline. We can counter climate change impacts by adaptations to land management, and by identifying new Large blue introduction sites with greater climate change resilience Our team will carry out in-depth surveys of Large blues, ants and associated species to help us identify population trends and give evidence-based advice to land managers. We will use temperature dataloggers to measure soil and air temperature on both existing and potential Large blue sites. This will produce vital evidence of the impacts of extreme weather and help to prioritise new sites for introductions into landscapes with greater flexibility to prosper under a changing climate. Upskill volunteers to use the Coreo wildlife survey app, with data gathered feeding into our decade-long climate and species monitoring across Large blue sites. Monitor how volatile weather events and a warming climate affect populations using surveys and temperature data loggers to help make recommendations for reintroduction sites. Determine whether existing populations are robust enough for future re-introductions to new sites to increase the distribution and resilience of the species.
April 23, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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It starts now 🦋

We need your help to support the endangered #LargeBlue butterfly. Starting today, this week only, your contributions will be DOUBLED - Help us raise £10,000 match funded via #BigGive

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April 22, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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#SaveTheDate!

This April, we're participating in the #BigGive #GreenMatchFund 🦋

Between 22-29 April, any donations made in our #BigGive campaign will be DOUBLED!

This a great opportunity to fund vital research for the #endangered #LargeBlue to thrive.

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Help secure a future for the Large blue butterfly - Big Give 2025 - Royal Entomological Society
This month, we’re taking part in the Big Give Green Match Fund to raise £20,000 for conservation science Subscribe to our newsletter to be notified when the campaign goes live About the Big Give The…
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April 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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RES has joined Bluesky!

We are excited to share fascinating science, news, events & more. To start, we’re featuring the #LargeBlueButterfly 🦋

Our #Conservation Science team recently published ground-breaking findings on the dispersal rates of this #EndangeredSpecies 🔽
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Large Blue butterfly, photo by David Simcox, Conservation Project Manager at the Royal Entomological Society
January 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM