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This year, due to the relatively mild weather, combined with a moderate amount of rain, in the UK we seem to have an abundance of creepy crawlies, eight legged beasties and things that go flutter in the night. Arachnophobics please switch off now.

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I enjoyed the antics of a small white butterfly the other day, but then I wondered if it could have been a moth. I had to look further and now know it was a butterfly and how to know next time.

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A list of ten facts about butterflies.

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My choices for the top 10 most unique caterpillars in appearance.

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You may be familiar with the Common Yellow and the Western Tiger, but the Swallowtail family of butterflies is much larger and diverse than you may imagine. Take a look at some of the less familiar species, along with some stunning photographs, and revisit one or two you have perhaps seen before.

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Probably the most easily recognized butterfly of North America is the Monarch with its distinctive orange and black colors and patterns. The progeny of a migrated generation of these beautiful insects will arrive soon.

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These are a collection of butterflies that I think have the best designs to them. Some of these act as a disguise to fool predators and make them believe they are something else, rather than a butterfly. They use their wings as an optical illusion.

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A butterfly with transparent wings? Surely not. Yet there is a species that exhibits this trait. Take a close look at the incredible Glasswing, an enchanting species that confounds science.

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Butterflies are masters of flight, graceful, brilliant in color, and endangered.

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Harbingers of summer and eliminator of pests, the beautiful dragonfly has arrived.