Butterflies

Butterflies representing dead ancestors or relatives is a common motif across the world. Killing white butterflies was even illegal in Ireland during the 1600s, because people believed they represented a dead child’s soul.
Sightings of the Small Tortoiseshell have fallen by 32 percent compared with last year – with just 23,000 being counted across the UK.
It means that the population of the butterfly has collapsed by 75 percent since the 1970s.
Reasons for its decline are being investigated, with climate change, pollution and parasites all possible culprits.
In my lifetime!