Cambridge, UK, 26th September 2017: The world’s largest, most spectacular but severely endangered butterfly, Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing (Ornithoptera alexandrae), has been given a lifeline with a pioneering project led by the Sime Darby Foundation (SDF) and the recently created Swallowtail and Birdwing Butterfly Trust (SBBT). The initiative sees the creation of a state-of-the-art captive breeding […]
Top Ten Threatened Swallowtails
Take a look at our new Conservation section on the “Top Ten Threatened Species“! Here we have selected and highlighted the ten species that are Critically Endangered or Endangered in the most recent international assessments. Read about the Ceylon Rose in Sri Lanka and Wallace’s Golden Birdwing from the Moluccas, as well as the Jamaican Giant Swallowtail, […]
Our Website Goes Live!
We’re delighted to present our new website! Hope you like it! There’s lots more to do so why not get involved? Watch out for news about our flagship Birdwing Project in Papua New Guinea! Content is down to us, but the site was built by Phase Three Goods – they were brilliant!
Trust Patron to Visit PNG in Search of Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing
As the Trust’s work to help conserve the world’s largest butterfly takes its first steps, Founding Patron Henry Barlow is planning a reconnaissance trip to Papua New Guinea. Look out for reports in late September.
Rare swallowtail butterfly caterpillars stolen from Hickling Broad nature reserve
Source: The Times This article from The Times of 18 July 2017 describes how five specimens of Milk Parsley, presumably with British Swallowtail caterpillars attached, were stolen from Hickling Broad, a National Nature Reserve run by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust. The police are investigating.
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