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The Return of the Karner Blue Butterfly
Aug 20, 2009

The caterpillar of the federally endangered Karner blue butterfly feeds solely on leaves of the wild lupine plant and lives only where lupine thrives. In Ohio, 250 acres of the rare oak savanna habitat that lupine depends upon has been restored opening the door for a reintroduction program with hand-raised Karner blue butterflies.

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