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UK’s butterfly numbers face dry-summer threat, conservation warns
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- Butterfly Conservation urges gardeners to make three autumn changes for butterflies.
- Warm summer lifted UK butterfly numbers, but dry conditions now threaten them.
- Professor Richard Fox warns hot, dry summers could speed butterfly extinctions.
- RSPCA expert Dr Rebecca Machin advises leaving fallen leaves and dead plants as shelter.
- The charity cautions the boost may crash without enough food or water.