Introduction

There are few things more delightful than butterflies and insects. These small, colorful creatures are necessary for a healthy ecosystem, and they’re also wonderful to look at. Here in the UK, we have a variety of insect species that can be seen in gardens, meadows, and fields. If you want to attract them to your garden so that you can enjoy watching them flit about, consider planting flowers like lavender, dahlias, foxgloves and daisies (among many others). Also consider creating a butterfly garden! A butterfly garden is a special area of your yard or garden that has been designated for attracting butterflies and other insects. To create one, simply choose some plants with blooms that will attract the species of your choice. Add in some stones for basking or logs for sheltering from the sun or rain (insects like both sunny areas as well as shady ones) and voila! You’ve created an attractive habitat for these fascinating creatures.

The Garden Tiger Moth

The Garden Tiger Moth is a large, colourful moth that can be found in gardens throughout the UK. It’s also one of our most important pollinators and predators.

The Garden Tiger Moth is a good pollinator because it visits flowers to feed on nectar, which helps plants to reproduce. The male moths visit the flowers of many plants including foxgloves, hollyhocks and lilies.

The Garden Tiger Moth is also a good predator because it eats other insects such as caterpillars (caterpillar larvae). It does this by laying its eggs on these pests so that when they hatch out into moths themselves they will have something to eat!

In addition to being useful for pollinating flowers and eating pest species such as caterpillars, garden tigers are also great pest controllers because they consume aphids – tiny green insects that suck sap from plants causing them damage or even death. This means your garden could benefit from having some garden tigers flying around too!

The Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly

The Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly is a common butterfly in the UK with a wingspan of about 5cm. It can be seen from May to September and feeds on nectar from flowers. The Small Tortoiseshell is found in gardens, parks and meadows.

The Seven-Spot Ladybird

A ladybird is a type of beetle, and there are more than 5,000 species worldwide. They’re known for their bright colours and unique markings, but they also have other qualities that make them good guests in your garden.

Ladybirds eat aphids, which are the tiny insects that suck sap from plants and can cause damage to crops when they get out of control. Ladybirds help control these pests by eating so many that there aren’t enough left to reproduce or spread throughout the garden. The benefit? You get healthier plants with fewer aphids!

Not all beetles are beneficial for gardens; some may eat your flowers or vegetables instead of helping with pest control like ladybirds do. However, most ladybirds are harmless—so don’t be afraid if you see one crawling around in your backyard!

The Red Admiral Butterfly

The red admiral butterfly is a common butterfly that can be seen from spring to autumn. The red admiral is one of the first butterflies to emerge in spring and can be spotted on warm days throughout the year, but it’s especially common during late summer when it often congregates in large numbers at nectar sources such as flowers.

Strictly speaking, a red admiral isn’t actually an insect at all—it’s a type of moth! Moths have scales on their wings (known as “hair”) while butterflies don’t. It gets its name because of its resemblance to another species of butterfly called the black-veined white (BVW). Both BVWs and red admirals are pretty big in Britain with only one or two other species outnumbering them in terms of numbers seen every year.[1]

The Orange Tip Butterfly

The Orange Tip Butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) is an extremely common species in the UK, with adults flying between March and October. It has a wingspan of around 50mm and its distinctive orange wing tips are used as a lure to attract mates.

This butterfly lives in woodlands, gardens, orchards and parks where nectar-rich flowers can be found. They feed on sap from ash trees which causes them to become toxic for predators such as birds.

There are many beautiful insects you can see in a butterfly garden.

There are many beautiful insects you can see in a butterfly garden. Some of the most common, colourful and popular butterflies that people like to attract include: the garden tiger moth (Erebidae family), small tortoiseshell (Nymphalidae family), seven-spot ladybird (Coccinellidae family), red admiral butterfly (Nymphalidae family) and orange tip butterfly (Pieridae Family).

Conclusion

There are many beautiful and interesting insects to see in a butterfly garden. Some of them are not as well known as others, but this just makes it even more exciting for us all. I hope you enjoyed reading about these five creatures because there is so much more we could have talked about with regards to the natural world around us, especially when it comes to conservation efforts being made by humans today.