There are fewer butterflies this spring.
Cold and rainy spring is bad for butterflies. Last winter was warm. The first butterflies appeared earlier. But the cold May and June slowed their development.
The scarcity of butterflies harms nature. Butterflies pollinate plants. Their caterpillars serve as food for other animals. Without butterflies, other animals suffer.
Other insects are doing better. There are many bugs and dipterans.
There is hope. Butterflies reproduce quickly. A female butterfly lays hundreds of eggs. If the weather changes, more butterflies will appear.