Butterfly on the brink: First Schaus female found in a year raises hope for revival of species
Monday, June 3, 2013 - 17:30
in Biology & Nature
The fate of a species may rest upon a single butterfly captured in late May by University of Florida lepidopterists. A UF research technician netted a female Schaus swallowtail in Biscayne National Park on Elliott Key, the first capture of a female since a multi-agency work group got a permit to do so last year.