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Large emerald
This large green moth rests with its wings spread, so is sometimes mistaken for a butterfly.
Large white
The large white is a common garden visitor - look out for its brilliant white wings, tipped with black.
Large blue
Despite its name, the large blue is a fairly small butterfly, but the largest of our blues. It was declared extinct in 1979, but reintroduced in the 1980s and now survives in southern England.
Large skipper
As its name suggests, the large skipper is bigger than the similar-looking small skipper! It can be seen in summer, resting on the long grass of grasslands, woodlands, verges and sand dunes.
Large thyme
The aromatic fragrance of Large thyme can punctuate a summer walk over a chalk grassland. It is an evergreen that grows low to the ground, with erect spikes of tiny, lilac flowers appearing over…
Large heath
This bog-loving butterfly is mostly found in the north of the UK, where it takes to the wing in summer.
Large yellow underwing
Found almost everywhere, the large yellow underwing is a night-flying moth that is often attracted to lights. It is brown with orangey-yellow hindwings.
Large red damselfly
If you have a garden pond, look out for the Large red damselfly resting at the water's edge. As the name suggests, males are bright red with a black thorax, but females may be almost entirely…
My first encounter with the rare large heath butterfly
Summer is finally here and so are the butterflies. Their return means it’s time for the Lancashire Wildlife Trust peatlands team to head out and survey the rare large heath butterfly on our…
Rare large heath caterpillars hatch at Chester Zoo
Two months after we collected pregnant large heath butterflies from a special donor site, more than 150 rare caterpillars have hatched in their temporary home at Chester Zoo, destined for release…
Heather
The iconic British moorlands of Wuthering Heights and Hounds of the Baskervilles fame are depicted as bleak; windswept and foreboding. But as the heather bursts into flower at the end of the summer, the moors become a blazing carpet of purple for as far as the eye can see.