The sextet includes the small tortoiseshell butterfly, which has been in decline.

They include the red admiral, orange tip, small tortoiseshell, and painted lady.

Butterflies such as the small tortoiseshell are common in the Old Pale area.

I found a small tortoiseshell comb, I took it out and turned it over several times.

Butterflies are numerous on a warm day - including peacock, small tortoiseshell and brimstone.

I looked around, but all I saw was a small tortoiseshell cat sitting on the masonry above me, licking its paws.

No one noticed, hiding in the corner, trembling with youth, a small tortoiseshell kitten with green eyes and white whiskers.

The Small Tortoiseshell butterfly (reddish-orange colour, with black markings) is the most common species of butterfly in the county.

Among the most attractive is the stag beetle, and, in the open areas, butterflies - swallowtail, admiral, small tortoiseshell, etc.

Ms. Cant and her team studied five species, including the small tortoiseshell and peacock butterflies; the transponders weren't heavy enough to affect flight.

Invertebrates found at the site include butterflies such as Gatekeeper, Small Tortoiseshell and Common Blue.

The peacock, red admiral and small tortoiseshell all lay their eggs on nettles and the young caterpillars feed on the fresh new leaves.

K W K Palmer from Norfolk with a portrait of a small tortoiseshell butterfly feeding on an orange marigold.

It provides habitat for birds such as the wren, greenfinch and spotted flycatcher, and butterflies including small tortoiseshell, peacock and speckled wood.

Although it looks very like the Small Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis urticae), it is more closely related to the Camberwell Beauty.

Some of our larger insects, such as butterflies, seek out hollow trees, rock crevices or, as in the case of the small tortoiseshell, inviting nooks around buildings.

Four butterfly species, Painted Lady, Peacock, Small White and Small Tortoiseshell adore ragwort.

Insects in summer include gatekeeper butterfly, meadow brown, Speckled Wood, small skipper, green-veined white, peacock butterfly and small tortoiseshell.

With a minimum of equipment the beginner can soon produce clouds of two of the aptly named Aristocrats class of butterflies: the small tortoiseshell and the peacock.

Especially notable are the 600 species of butterflies that live in the heaths, Small Tortoiseshell, Brimstone, Painted Lady and Peacock butterfly among them.

The Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae L.) is a colourful and well-known Eurasian butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.

These butterflies are usually northern species, such as the Mourning Cloak (Camberwell Beauty) and the Large and Small Tortoiseshell butterflies.

The Corsican Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais ichnusa Hübner, 1819) looks very similar; whether it is a subspecies or a distinct species is yet to be determined.

Giovanna had recently taken her shopping among some of the newly reopened antique shops in the city and had persuaded her to buy a pair of small tortoiseshell combs.