Research on nature reserves and at an allotment has revealed how susceptible caterpillars are to climate change.

The University of Cambridge study found the larvae are “really bad at temperature regulation” making them less likely to survive extreme weather.

Dr Esme Ashe-Jepson said this could result in fewer “beautiful, charismatic butterflies”, impacting on pollination and the birds which eat caterpillars.

The study took place in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

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