The marsh fritillary butterfly lays its eggs in sheltered pockets between taller grasses, which provide the warm conditions in which the eggs and caterpillars can develop quickly.

In a year when a “butterfly emergency” has been declared, one species in Northern Ireland is bucking the trend. The marsh fritillary made its presence felt in autumn, when the caterpillars ...

Conservationists say one of Europe's rarest butterflies, the marsh fritillary, is thriving in ... "It may be that if the right food plant is growing in the right situation they could ...

The marsh violets, the food for the larvae of the small pearl-bordered fritillary butterfly, are being planted on Norbury Hill. The aim is to plant 20,000 this winter, which Dr Charlie Bell, the ...

Hundreds of marsh fritillary butterflies have been reintroduced back into the Welsh countryside by conservationists, the BBC reported. "Many of our species are on the brink, right on the edge, and ...

The National Trust is leading a planting scheme with 20,000 marsh violets planted to help the small pearl-bordered fritillary butterfly. Jump to content US Edition Change ...

If you plant host plants for butterflies in your yard, your dream of having a yard full of butterflies will soon come true.

Both hummers and butterflies love them and since there are always several of them in bloom, Salvias are an almost constant food source. These seem to be the first thing and the last thing that ...

Just as milkweed plants are required for monarch caterpillars, wild violets are the essential element to fritillaries’ reproductive cycle. The female butterfly lays her eggs near wild violet ...

A team of volunteers are planting thousands of flowers in the Shropshire Hills in an effort to improve the habitat of a rare butterfly. The marsh violets, the food for the larvae of the small ...

The National Trust is leading a planting scheme with 20,000 marsh violets planted to help the small pearl-bordered fritillary butterfly. Skip to main content Menu ...

The National Trust is leading a planting scheme with 20,000 marsh violets planted to help the small pearl-bordered fritillary butterfly. Mass of marsh violets to be planted in Shropshire Hills to ...