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Page 1: Butterflies and Moths - All-Ireland Pollinator Plan · Butterflies and Moths in context •Butterflies and moths are insects, which dominate global biodiversity Protozoa Insects Vertbrates

Butterflies and Moths

Catherine Bertrand,Head of Conservation, NI

Page 2: Butterflies and Moths - All-Ireland Pollinator Plan · Butterflies and Moths in context •Butterflies and moths are insects, which dominate global biodiversity Protozoa Insects Vertbrates

Butterflies and Moths in context

• Butterflies and moths are insects, which dominate global biodiversity

Protozoa

Insects

VertbratesOther

Invertebrates

Algae

Moss & Lich

Vascular

plants

Fungi

UK - all species

Page 3: Butterflies and Moths - All-Ireland Pollinator Plan · Butterflies and Moths in context •Butterflies and moths are insects, which dominate global biodiversity Protozoa Insects Vertbrates

• Important prey item • Important pollinators• Important indicators (climate, habitat)

What do insects do?

Page 4: Butterflies and Moths - All-Ireland Pollinator Plan · Butterflies and Moths in context •Butterflies and moths are insects, which dominate global biodiversity Protozoa Insects Vertbrates

Butterflies and Moths as indicator species: ‘typical insects’

• Short life-cycles, narrow niches

Flying insects with large scaly wings.

• Respond rapidly to environmental changes

Page 5: Butterflies and Moths - All-Ireland Pollinator Plan · Butterflies and Moths in context •Butterflies and moths are insects, which dominate global biodiversity Protozoa Insects Vertbrates

Factors influencing Butterflies and Moths

(and, therefore, all insects)

• Agricultural Change• Climate Change

» Global Warming» Changing weather patterns

• Habitat preferences• Number of foodplants• Number of Broods• Mobility• Lifecycle

Page 6: Butterflies and Moths - All-Ireland Pollinator Plan · Butterflies and Moths in context •Butterflies and moths are insects, which dominate global biodiversity Protozoa Insects Vertbrates

35 Butterfly Species on the Irish List

(2 of these are migrants, 4 are new within the last decade)

59 Butterfly Species on the British List

(58 illustrated, Wood White = 2)

29 Butterfly Species on the Northern Irish List

(4 of these are migrants, 2 potentially extinct)

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Page 9: Butterflies and Moths - All-Ireland Pollinator Plan · Butterflies and Moths in context •Butterflies and moths are insects, which dominate global biodiversity Protozoa Insects Vertbrates
Page 10: Butterflies and Moths - All-Ireland Pollinator Plan · Butterflies and Moths in context •Butterflies and moths are insects, which dominate global biodiversity Protozoa Insects Vertbrates

THANK YOUPhotographers; James O’Neill, Stephen Craig, Sylvia Hetherington, Ulster Wildlife, Cathal McNaughton

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