Sentences with phrase «endangered butterflies native»

The Baltimore Checkerspot, Regal Fritillary, Silver - bordered Fritillary, and Swamp Metalmark are just a few of the species that have benefited from the Nature Museum's pioneering work to bolster populations of rare and endangered butterflies native to the region.

The mission blue butterfly is an endangered butterfly native to the Bay Area.

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Miami blue butterfly: An ethereal beauty native to South Florida and possibly the most endangered insect in the United States, the Miami blue was thought extinct after Hurricane Andrew in 1992 but rediscovered in 1999.

Students accomplish a variety of restoration projects, from planting natives to monitoring habitat for the endangered Mission blue butterfly at Milagra Ridge and Mori Point.

These are the last remaining rainforests in Nigeria and are home to 2,400 native forest communities comprising 1.5 million people, the highest primate diversity on the planet — including the world's most endangered gorillas, and an estimated 20 percent of the world's butterfly species.

Taylor's Checkerspot butterflies are listed as an endangered species in their native Washington State, so when thousands of them took up residence on Joint Base Lewis McChord near Tacoma, the insects earned the support of one of the most deep - pocketed agencies on Earth: the US Department of Defense.