In the Letters page of yesterday's Daily Mail, a correspondent informs us that 6 species of butterfly have become extinct in Britain since the nineteen sixties. These are (and I quote from the letter, including punctuation)
'the large, blue Camberwell beauty, the chequered skipper: the large copper: the silver spotted skipper:
and the high brown fritillary'.
Interestingly, a misplaced comma has created a new species whilst the other 'facts' speak for themselves. I have written to the Daily Mail.
Alex
Letter in the Daily Mail 27.4.09
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Re: Letter in the Daily Mail 27.4.09
Is a misplaced comma another lost species?
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Hi Guy
How did I know that you were going to ask that?!!
Alex
How did I know that you were going to ask that?!!
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Absolutely ridiculous. I saw a Large only this morning.
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Sweet, a Large! Was that what I saw earlier? And a blue camerwell beauty must be a rare sight to see too, more so than our regualr one
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Re: Letter in the Daily Mail 27.4.09
high brown fritillary not extinct either
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Re: Letter in the Daily Mail 27.4.09
I think the Brimstone is extinct on the Lleyn Peninsula, unless someone has seen one, please let me know where else I can look. Indeed confused.
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Re: Letter in the Daily Mail 27.4.09
Has the camberwell beauty ever been native to Britain in recent times? It's my understanding that it has always needed the sustained cold of continental winters in order to hibernate successfully, and this hasn't been attainable for long before climate change became topical.