Fall is the season of Gulf Fritillaries in the Lowcountry. These medium-sized orange butterflies are often confused with Monarchs (Danaus plexippus), but it’s fairly easy to tell the difference.

Butterflies have been with us for months, from March on. With the longer and warmer days of early spring, the hibernating anglewing butterflies emerge and take wing, often on clear, mild, March days.

Protected beauty: the snake’s head fritillary meadow at Cricklade, Wiltshire, is one of several UK locations granted Site of Special Scientific Interest status Credit: Photo: Alamy Fritillaries are as ...

One of the UK’s most threatened butterflies has made a ‘fantastic’ comeback following last year’s warm weather, conservationists say. The number of critically endangered high brown fritillaries ...

Charlotte Hitchmough, director of action for the River Kennet, talks about the rare flowers A rare early spring flower, which provides essential food for bumble bees, is making a comeback. Snake's ...

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Imperial fritillaries are the first whopper garden bulb to flower in spring. You've got alliums, lilies and eremurus later, but it's the good old crown imperial which gives you drama early in the year ...