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submitted 5 days ago by GreyShuck@feddit.uk to c/nature@feddit.uk

With its brilliant orange wings and black markings, the high brown fritillary butterfly was once widespread in Wales and England.

But now it's one of the rarest of all British butterflies, with it numbers declining by 62% since 1970.

One reason is its incredibly specific requirements to survive.

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