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The Purple Emperor
5/5 Matthew Oates meets a man for whom the purple emperor butterfly is a lifetime obsession.

Slugs and Snails
4/5 Biologist Mary Seddon explains why she finds the study of molluscs so compelling.

Rare Orchids
3/5 Matthew Oates discovers some spectacular hybrid orchids with very rare parents.

Twitching
2/5 Ecologist Matthew Oates meets Rob Lambert to find out more about the benefits of twitching

Water Beetle
1/5 Matthew Oates meets Andy Foster, a man obsessed by a rare and elusive water beetle.