The recording-breaking(创纪录的) heat of 2026 delivered(带来，产生) the second-best British butterfly season of the past 16 years, according to the Big Butterfly Count(全球最大规模的蝴蝶统计活动).
据“大蝴蝶计数”统计，2026年创纪录的高温带来了英国过去16年中第二好的蝴蝶季。
The largest insect count in the world, in which more than 100,000 volunteers counted almost 1.4m common butterflies and day-flying moths, confirmed what many people experienced – a noticeable profusion of butterflies during the five-heatwave summer.(这项全球规模最大的昆虫统计活动有超过10万名志愿者参与，记录了近140万只常见蝴蝶和日行飞蛾，印证了许多人的亲身感受——在这个经历了五轮热浪的夏天，蝴蝶数量明显激增。)
这项全球规模最大的昆虫统计活动有超过10万名志愿者参与，记录了近140万只常见蝴蝶和日行飞蛾，印证了许多人的亲身感受——在这个经历了五轮热浪的夏天，蝴蝶数量明显激增。
Particularly numerous were painted ladies, a migratory(迁徙的) species which arrives in Britain each summer via a relay of(经由……的接力) several generations flying from sub-Saharan Africa. Their numbers were up 335% on last year, with the Butterfly Conservation(英国蝴蝶保护组织) count recording their second-highest numbers since the count began in 2010.
数量尤为突出的是彩蛱蝶，这是一种迁徙物种，每年夏天经由几代蝴蝶从撒哈拉以南非洲接力飞行抵达英国。它们的数量比去年增加了335%，蝴蝶保护组织的统计显示，这是自2010年该活动开始以来彩蛱蝶的第二高纪录。
Big Butterfly Count Top 10
大蝴蝶计数前十名