Threats to North American Butterfly Migration Patterns

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Threats to North American Butterfly Migration Patterns
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The iconic North American butterfly's annual migration patterns are under threat from habitat loss and extreme weather, causing its devoted fans to research solutions and push for protection from the Endangered Species Act.

The iconic North American butterfly's annual migration patterns are under threat from habitat loss and extreme weather , causing its devoted fans to research solutions and push for protection from the Endangered Species Act . In the butterfly reserve, a single latecomer joins the others for the night, stretching its wings as it maneuvers in an attempt to squeeze into the popular roosting place. The butterflies’ extreme closeness offers protection and warmth.

On a hot, clear October day in Texas hill country, André Green II is gently shaving a monarch butterfly. Bent over his makeshift laboratory bench, he deftly pinches the butterfly’s bright wings between a thumb and forefinger, swiping a sliver of sandpaper down its thorax to remove a few minuscule hairs. Green and his fellow researchers have set up temporary quarters inside one of the area’s many private hunting lodges, and its walls are lined with the taxidermied heads of native and exotic game animal

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