{"title":"Insects, Moths and Butterflies","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"net-winged-beetle-pendant","title":"Cosnard's Net-winged Beetle Brooch","description":"\u003cp\u003eHand crafted from 100% recycled sterling silver with wire and oxidised detail.  Sterling silver brooch back. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThriving on decaying wood, it's almost inevitable that this net-winged beetle is struggling.  Severe habitat loss, and improperly managed wooded areas are seeing a massive reduction in UK numbers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWoodland Trusts are beginning a program of tree veteranisation, where younger trees are deliberately 'aged' to encourage species that need older trees.  It's hoped this will recover some numbers, as in the meantime, the lack of suitable habitat is impacting them at every life stage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExact numbers are difficult to ascertain, but they are considered critically endangered - only two populations are known to remain in the UK - in South Downs and Wye Gorge - although efforts are being made to move them to suitable sites where they can be found.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFun fact: Cosnards have been witnessed using 'speed dating' tactics, where males congregated on sunny stumps and vetted the females in line as and when they arrived.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Barham Designs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52280827806028,"sku":"","price":100.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0935\/2747\/4508\/files\/netwingbeetle.jpg?v=1749477242"},{"product_id":"grizzled-skipper-butterfly-pendant","title":"Grizzled Skipper Butterfly Pendant","description":"\u003cp\u003e100% recycled silver with oxidisation and unique, hand-etched detail.  18\" sterling silver chain included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGetting its name from its grizzled brown-grey appearance and speedy 'skipping' flight, this butterfly often gets mistaken for a moth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt loves strawberries but is most often found lying low in chalklands or brownfield sites. Habitat loss and chemical sprays - particularly around rural powerlines - are becoming a massive threat to Grizzled Skippers, who rely on these nature corridors to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThanks to wetter weather and the increased cost and shortage of manual labour, Brits grow fewer strawberries (and other soft fruits) than ever before, importing them from Morocco and Spain - this means we are steadily eradicating the Grizzled Skipper's host plants, rapidly speeding up their decline.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt various stages in their cycle they are food for other species, such as spiders, hedgehogs, frogs, and pollinators such as wasps and flies - so their loss puts them at risk too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFun fact: skipper larvae create little 'tents' by binding leaves together with silk.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Barham Designs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53095620411724,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0935\/2747\/4508\/files\/GrizzledSkipperPendant2.jpg?v=1756301963"},{"product_id":"v-moth-pendant","title":"V-Moth Pendant","description":"\u003cp\u003eHand crafted in 100% sterling silver with oxidised detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e18\" chain included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eV-moths have distinctive black markings on their grey wings.  Their caterpillars love plonking themselves down to eat on ribes fruit bushes, such as redcurrants, blackcurrants and gooseberries.  As a result they've gained a reputation as a garden pest.  Not only are fewer people growing their own fruit nowadays, meaning suitable feeding places and wildlife corridors are fewer, but also, increased use of insecticides and pesticides are posing a huge threat to moth numbers.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFun fact: the v-moth's Latin name is 'macaria wauaria' (or as I like to call them, 'Macca-wowows'!).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Barham Designs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53095621198156,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0935\/2747\/4508\/files\/vmothpendanti.jpg?v=1756301828"},{"product_id":"small-white-butterfly-pendant","title":"Wood White Butterfly Pendant","description":"\u003cp\u003e100% recycled sterling silver with oxidised detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWood Whites enjoy open woodland glades - so mismanaged woodland areas, which have been left to over-mature and grow very dense and dark, or worse, no woodland at all - means their natural habitats are becoming more fragmented over time.  Over-mowing of farmland borders are also reducing habitats. Consequently, finding suitable mating grounds and larval food plants is now virtually impossible for this beautiful butterfly in the UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClimate change has also impacted breeding summers: while the warmer weather encourages breeding, larval food plants are not keeping pace, so are not around to feed the emerging young.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eButterflies have recently been found breeding twice a year in some areas of the UK - but so far, numbers have not sufficiently recovered to remove the 'critically endangered' tag.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFun fact: Wood whites fly very slowly and delicately, and are often called, 'Lady of the Woods' thanks to the soft sweeping nature of their movements.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Barham Designs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53138461884748,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0935\/2747\/4508\/files\/Smallwhitebutterflypendant2.jpg?v=1756301756"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0935\/2747\/4508\/collections\/netwingbeetle.jpg?v=1764508845","url":"https:\/\/barhamdesigns.com\/collections\/insects-moths-and-butterflies.oembed","provider":"Barham Designs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}