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gingertotty.bsky.social
Going to deliver the Flower Fairy Bébé to the wee one (Baby Olive) today… #flowerfairy #painting #watercolour #butterfly #largeblue
April 20, 2025 at 10:30 AM
wildtara.bsky.social
Lovely expedition South to see the Large Blue butterfly 🦋 a delight to see one and even more delighted to have it pose for a few pictures 😍 #butterflies #LargeBlue #Daneway @savebutterflies.bsky.social
June 27, 2026 at 6:08 PM
melissahalleyart.bsky.social
The second watercolour in this 15 part series is on its way, the Large Blue (Tijmblauwtje) which is actually quite small 🦋
#watercolour #butterfly #largeblue #tijmblauwtje #melissahalley
May 4, 2025 at 12:49 PM
melissahalleyart.bsky.social
Today was a weird day. I went to the funeral of a friend from the past. You always think there is plenty of time but sometimes there isn't 🦋

#butterfly #largeblue #woodenpanel #papermounted #watercolor #miniature #inspiredbynature #nature #protectnature #naturelover #melissahalley
January 31, 2025 at 5:27 PM
melissahalleyart.bsky.social
The 2nd watercolour in this series is the Large Blue (Tijmblauwtje) which is actually quite small 😉
Hint about the series theme: 1949 🦋
Both female & male large blue are painted true size in a 10x10 cm black square 🦋
#watercolour #butterfly #largeblue #tijmblauwtje #savetheinsects #melissahalley
May 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
royentsoc.bsky.social
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

Read more & donate between 22–29 April 🔽
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April 22, 2025 at 11:02 AM
royentsoc.bsky.social
For the last day of #InsectWeek, we're celebrating the RES #Conservation Team and our ongoing project to support the future of the endangered #LargeBlue butterfly, with thanks to generous contributions from our Big Give campaign in April.

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Large blue butterfly perched on a pink orchid in a green meadow in Denmark
June 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
royentsoc.bsky.social
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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@gloswildlife.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 7:02 AM
royentsoc.bsky.social
We are truly amazed by the generosity of our community. With your help, we have secured an amazing £20,043 to support the future of the endangered #LargeBlue.

Huge thank you from David, Sarah, Tri & Royentsoc to you all for your generous contributions to #InsectScience 🦋

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April 29, 2025 at 2:23 PM
royentsoc.bsky.social
There's still time to show your support for insect #ConservationScience with #BigGive. Your generous donations will support the next generations of the #LargeBlue in the UK & beyond 🦋

Double your impact before midday 29 April 🔽
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April 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
royentsoc.bsky.social
RES #ConservationScience team gathering for the Large Blue Butterfly Committee meeting to discuss the endangered #LargeBlue 🦋

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RES conservation team members Sarah Meredith and David Simcox setting up the Large Blue Butterfly Committee Meeting presentations People sitting around tables for the Large Blue Committee presentation People sitting around tables and discussing items relating to the Large Blue Committee presentation
March 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
royentsoc.bsky.social
For #WorldWildlifeConservationDay, we’re celebrating the #endangered #LargeBlue butterfly, once declared extinct but now recovering thanks to dedicated #conservation and habitat protection 🦋🌍

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Conservation science at the RES
Insect Conservation team publish new data on endangered Large blue butterfly
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December 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
royentsoc.bsky.social
The RES #ConservationScience team recently published their findings in @InsectDiversity on the dispersal rates of the #endangered #LargeBlue butterfly 🦋

Meet the RES Conservation Team and read the #OpenAccess paper 🔽

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@gloswildlife.bsky.social #BigGive #RESInsectConsDiv
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
jess-stokes.bsky.social
A local success story for reintroduction on #Rodborough common 🎉 #cheltenham #cotswolds #Stroud #gloucestershire #cotswoldlife  #LargeBlue #Butterfly

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royentsoc.bsky.social Royal Entomological Society @royentsoc.bsky.social · Apr 23
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

Make double the difference this week 22-29 April 🔽
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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 3:08 PM
szushycat.bsky.social
Demon Szushy Clothing Ornamentation progress :3 butterfly-dino skull design is now coloured and I made a sketch to pay homage to my pngtuber son, Stustu_Nomadia ❤️

#shrirapax #archeopteryx #largeblue #purpleemperor #raccoon #oppossum #waffle it has all of these xd
November 27, 2025 at 11:13 PM
royentsoc.bsky.social
Listen to Land Management Officer Fiona Wistow at our jointly owned nature reserve, Daneway Banks, where she shares the story of the #LargeBlue butterfly 🦋

Thanks to our #Conservation team and @gloswildlife.bsky.social, this rare butterfly has been successfully reintroduced 🔽
Large blue butterflies, Wildflowers and Limestone grassland at Daneway Banks | Gloucestershire
Discover the Magic of Daneway Banks: Large Blue Butterflies, Wildflowers 🌼 and Limestone Grassland 🌿 Our Land Management Officer East, Fiona Wistow, sharin...
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July 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
royentsoc.bsky.social
#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
idrisadams.bsky.social
Support #ConservationScience this April and help @royentsoc.bsky.social to ensure the best possible future for
the endangered #LargeBlue butterfly. Every £1 donated will be doubled by the #BigGive.
Read more and donate to the cause 🔽
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April 14, 2025 at 10:14 AM
royentsoc.bsky.social
The national population of #LargeBlue butterflies halved in 2024 due to extreme weather during critical times of their life cycle. Dedicated monitoring is vital to saving the Large blue.

📢 This week only, every £1 donated will be DOUBLED 🔽
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Help secure a future for the Large blue butterfly – Big Give
The Large blue was declared nationally extinct in 1979. Thanks to the unique expertise of our conservation science team we …
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April 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
respublications.bsky.social
Meet the RES #ConservationScience Team & read the #OpenAccess paper on the dispersal rates of the #endangered #LargeBlue butterfly.

Be sure to also support the #BigGive campaign to help fund further research to save this #EndangeredSpecies 🔽

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@biggive.bsky.social #RESInsectConsDiv
April 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
royentsoc.bsky.social
Grove Sykes, Land Manager with @GlosWildlife.bsky.social, shares why he enjoys working with the RES and our shared vision of seeing the endangered #LargeBlue return to the landscape 🦋

📢 Hurry - Midday tomorrow is your last chance to double your donation with #BigGive 🔽

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April 28, 2025 at 9:02 AM
royentsoc.bsky.social
📢 LAST HOURS 🦋

With barely one more hour to go, we are truly blown away by the generosity of our community. Over £19k has been raised to support our #LargeBlue #ConservationScience campaign.

Can we hit £20k before midday? 🔽

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Help secure a future for the Large blue butterfly – Big Give
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April 29, 2025 at 10:00 AM
royentsoc.bsky.social
📢 Last hours to make double the difference to #InsectConservation🦋

This is Sarah Meredith, RES Conservation Officer with Tri the '#LargeBlue' collie here to thank everyone who has donated so far. Help us reach our #BigGive target between now and midday today 🔽
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Help secure a future for the Large blue butterfly – Big Give
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April 29, 2025 at 7:02 AM
jess-stokes.bsky.social
🥳 excellent news for the #LargeBlue #Butterfly and conservation in #Gloucestershire 🦋🐄
royentsoc.bsky.social Royal Entomological Society @royentsoc.bsky.social · Apr 29
We are truly amazed by the generosity of our community. With your help, we have secured an amazing £20,043 to support the future of the endangered #LargeBlue.

Huge thank you from David, Sarah, Tri & Royentsoc to you all for your generous contributions to #InsectScience 🦋

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#BigGive
April 29, 2025 at 4:36 PM
respublications.bsky.social
A truly fantastic update from the @royentsoc.bsky.social #Conservation team 🦋

Find out more about the data we have collected on the #endangered #LargeBlue Butterfly in the paper published in #RESJournal Insect Conservation & Diversity 🔽

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royentsoc.bsky.social Royal Entomological Society @royentsoc.bsky.social · Jun 29
For the last day of #InsectWeek, we're celebrating the RES #Conservation Team and our ongoing project to support the future of the endangered #LargeBlue butterfly, with thanks to generous contributions from our Big Give campaign in April.

Read more 🔽

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#StandTallForTheSmall
Large blue butterfly perched on a pink orchid in a green meadow in Denmark
July 1, 2025 at 11:45 AM