第2654期:More than half of butterfly species in long-term decline

Once-common butterflies, like the small tortoiseshell, the chalkhill blue and the small copper, had their worst year ever in 2024. The latest figures show, for the first time, more than half the UK's butterfly species are now in long-term decline. 一些一度十分常见的蝴蝶种类，比如荨麻蛱蝶、白垩丘蓝灰蝶（chalkhill blue）和红灰蝶，都在 2024 年经历了最严重的物种衰退。最新数据显示出了前所未有的状况，超过一半的英国蝴蝶物种正处于长期衰退状态。

Dr Richard Fox from the charity Butterfly Conservation described the figures as devastating. But he said people could make an immediate difference by not cutting their grass between April and September to create more habitats for butterflies and other species to thrive. 公益机构蝴蝶保护组织（Butterfly Conservation）的理查德·福克斯博士称这一数据令人震惊。但他表示，人们可以立即帮助扭转这一趋势，通过从四月到九月之间不修剪草坪的方式来为蝴蝶和其它物种创造赖以繁荣生长的栖息地。