Category Archives: Endangered Species

Ants Endanger Butterflies

Posted on July 19, 2017 by jjneal

The Schaus swallowtail butterfly, Heraclides aristodemus ponceanus, is an endangered species of butterfly in Florida with critically low numbers. Habitat loss is an important component in its decline, but exotic species are having a detrimental effect. . Clayborn and Koptur* … Continue reading →

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Living With The Golden Sun Moth

Posted on July 18, 2017 by jjneal

The Golden Sun Moth has beautiful yellow hind wings that resemble a “golden sun”. This moth is threatened due to development and fragmentation of its grassland habitat. Unlike most Lepidoptera, the Golden Sun Moth feeds on the roots of grasses. … Continue reading →

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Oregon Silverspot Butterfly

Posted on June 23, 2017 by jjneal

The Oregon Silverspot Butterfly is a threatened species that lives in disturbed habitats along the coasts of California and Oregon. It has been sighted in Washington in the past but not recently. It has been reduced from 20 locations to … Continue reading →

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Living With Bison

Posted on April 27, 2017 by jjneal

The Sandhill Wildlife Area in central Wisconsin contains a small herd of American Bison in order to maintain the oak savanna ecosystem. It also contains protected populations of the endangered Karner Blue Butterfly. Its larval host is wild blue lupine. … Continue reading →

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Poaching Butterflies

Posted on April 10, 2017 by jjneal

Poaching brings to mind elephant tusks and exotic African mammals. However, any animal that can be sold is subject to poaching. Recently, Phillip Cullen of Bristol in the UK was found guilty of illegally collecting protected butterflies and chasing butterflies … Continue reading →

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Living With Endangered Species

Posted on April 9, 2017 by jjneal

The Large Blue Butterfly, Phengaris arion, was declared extinct in the UK in 1979. Populations still existed in Europe and its reintroduction from those populations has been successful. The UK is now thought to have the largest population of Large Blue … Continue reading →

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Welcome Back, Ishikawatrechus intermedius

Posted on March 30, 2017 by jjneal

Ishikawatrechus intermedius is a blind cave beetle first found in the cave Ôchi-dô, Kôchi Prefecture, Japan. Cave species can become adapted to life in a cave and lose the ability to travel outside the cave. When this happens, mating with … Continue reading →

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