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Rare New Mexico butterfly races extinction rsik after captive caterpillar dies

Researchers say the butterfly may still survive in the wild, and the captive caterpillar’s body will be preserved for genomic research.

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The last known captive Sacramento Mountains checkerspot caterpillar has died, raising new concerns about the future of one of New Mexico's rarest butterflies and the health of mountain ecosystems.

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A Very Lonely Caterpillar, Possibly the Last Its Kind, Has Died

The last known caterpillar of its kind has died.

·Charleston, United States
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The last known caterpillar of a butterfly in critical danger of extinction has just died.

·Montreal, Canada
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The spokesman-Review broke the news in Spokane, United States on Friday, May 22, 2026.
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