Nature Notebook
- Eileen Carlson
- 5 days ago
- 1 min read
A sedentary routine, a picky diet, a need to live in an exclusive neighborhood… the lifestyle of the Mitchell’s satyr butterfly has made it one of Michigan’s most endangered insects.
A sedentary routine, a picky diet, a need to live in an exclusive neighborhood… the lifestyle of the Mitchell’s satyr butterfly has made it one of Michigan’s most endangered insects.
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