The Baltimore checkerspot butterfly is slowly vanishing from the state that gave it its name. |
Residential and commercial development, invasive non-native plants, and air pollution threaten the survival of the bay checkerspot butterfly. |
After a Harris' checkerspot emerges from its chrysalis, it feeds on nectar from a wide variety of flowers. |
Spatial pattern in checkerspot butterfly-host plant association at local, metapopulation and regional scales. |
Ross works with endangered butterflies such as Fender's Blue, Taylor's Checkerspot and Leona's Little Blue. |
They include recovery plans for such species as Atlantic salmon, Hawaiian monk seals, the checkerspot butterfly and the desert tortoise. |