The conservationists, the butterfly hunter and the trade in mounted species

He said he was looking for parasitic wasps but volunteers at Daneway Banks where the large blue is flourishing suspected Phillip Cullen had ulterior motives

Mark Greaves, a butterfly enthusiast, points out the slope where he first spotted Phillip Cullen. "He and his mate parked in the layby, climbed over that locked gate, and he was down there running around with a little net."

Greaves asked Cullen what on earth he thought he was doing with a net on one of the most precious butterfly sites in the UK and was doubtful about the explanation.