MARINA ZURKOW
YEP. How is this possible? From Oregon Metro today, Zoo releases 850 endangered butterflies into wild Precious excerpts: Once common along the Oregon coast, the Oregon silverspot was reduced to four Oregon populations by the 1990s. The species was listed as threatened by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 1980 – one of two Oregon butterflies…
Well I’ll be; who knew? The Royal Entomological Society, that’s who. I am sad they only do even years – the next National Insect Week is in 2010 But they continue to host competitions like Close Encounters: …and to offer loads of information on the National Insect Week web site. There’s some great contextual material…