Butterfly heist 70 years ago is still causing flutter
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Butterfly heist 70 years ago is still causing flutter
Lepidopterist Michael Braby is sitting in his lab, peering at a photo of a butterfly specimen on his computer screen – just as he’s done countless times before. He has no inkling that he’s about to discover Australia’s greatest taxonomic fraud. But he has noticed something odd about this particular butterfly, a Flame Hairstreak (Pseudalmenus barringtonensis). He zooms in to take a closer look. And on the distinctive ‘flame’ of the butterfly, the…

Major butterfly exhibit offered in Grand Rapids
If you’re looking for something to do with the kids over spring break, “Butterflies are Blooming” is underway at Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids. Gardens senior vice president Steve LaWarre says the exhibit is a sight to see. “We get over a thousand butterflies every week that are released into that conservatory,” LaWare said. “So there are thousands and thousands of butterflies flying freely in that space over the course of th…
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