Quino checkerspot butterfly larvae may undergo as many as seven molts prior to pupation. There is typically one generation of adults per year, with a flight period from late February through May.

Unfortunately, the agency slashed that protected habitat by 23 percent in August 2008, ignoring the conclusions of its own federal recovery plan as well as the threat of climate change, which reduces ...

Milkweed plants, a favorite food of butterfly larvae, grow within and around the edges of cornfields. Several lines of evidence presented at the conference suggest GM corn presents little threat ...