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Nature featuresYou are in: North Yorkshire > Nature > Nature features > Discovering the moths of York ![]() Swallow tailed moth Discovering the moths of YorkAs part of BBC One's series Nature of Britain, we visit York Cemetery to find out more about the butterflies and moths that live there.
York Cemetery is an ideal place to hunt for moths, caterpillars and butterflies. This is an unusual cemetery because it's not run by the local authority but by a charity. They stepped in after years of neglect when the cemetery company went bust. Volunteer teams removed some of the plants that would otherwise out compete the plants which provide food for the butterflies and their caterpillars. Lots of the wild nature of the cemetery has been kept and now more than 20 species of butterfly can be found here. Watch:Watch films from Yorkshire from the Nature of Britain series on BBC One...
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