Keď taxonómie robí Druhy Menej kriticky ohrozený

The story of many San Francisco butterflies are well known and depressing. The area has been heavily impacted by human development for over two centuries and is the infamous home to the first known example of an extinct American butterfly, the Xerces blue. While other butterflies are hanging on, or getting help to hang on . . . → Čítajte viac: Keď taxonómie robí Druhy Menej kriticky ohrozený

motýľ Vengeance

Plebejus samuelis

We all saw this day coming, the rise of the butterflies, the day they will take vengeance on us. No longer will they passively fly around their habitats as they are bulldozed for malls and polluted with runoff. One particularly angry Karner Blue has submitted a letter to . . . → Čítajte viac: motýľ Vengeance

Mission Blue butterfly

 

Muž – Marin Headlands

Tak ako mnoho iných mestských zvierat, Mission Blue butterfly (Plebejus icarioides missionensis) je ten, ktorý je vážne ohrozená. Tento malý modrý žije v drobných úlomkov stanovíšť pozdĺž multi-milión doláru vývoja v mieste a okolí San Francisco Bay. A century ago this butterfly . . . → Čítajte viac: Mission Blue butterfly