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Insect apocalypse? Not so fast, at least in North America

  • Written by Matthew D. Moran, Professor of Biology, Hendrix College
imageThe Texas frosted elfin (_Callophrys irus hadros_), a small butterfly subspecies found only in Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana, has lost most of its prairie habitat and is thought to have dramatically declined over the last century. Matthew D. Moran, CC BY-ND

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