Michael Miley
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If we didn't have millennia grassland, we wouldn't have marsh fritillaries.
So the marsh fritillary is our own.
We have around 12,000 species of insect in Ireland.
Only one is legally protected.
And its food plant is this little thing here.
You see it in July and August and into October, actually.
But the larvae spend most of the time on the grass, not on the food plant.
So find me a marsh fertility butterfly or I want my money back.
Satisfaction guaranteed or refund.
So I was here on Saturday and I saw some just up here.
See where the scrub is, the willow, grey willow and birch up here?
That's where I saw my first one.
So we'll see if we can see if they're up and about.
I'm going to try and net this marsh artillery for you so you can get a better look at them.
They're not brass fast flyers, but there we go.