In search of missing butterflies

BUTTERFLIES need your help.

There are worries about their plight, not only in Ireland but throughout Europe; the numbers of grassland species in some parts of the EU are now half what they were in 1990.

A similar loss has occurred here, but no figures are available. Now a project is underway to find out how our butterflies are faring; Dr Eugenie Regan, speaking on RTÉ’s Mooney Show recently, appealed for volunteers to help out.