Florida's Butterfly Population Struggles

The Queen Butterfly at Buttonwood Canal in the Everglades

"These represent the first butterflies lost from Florida that we know about," Marc Minno, an entomologist who conducted monthly surveys for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, told the Herald. "There are things down there that are just hanging on by a thread.""Clearly, the diversity of the butterfly population has been compromised," said Dennis Olle, president of the Miami blue chapter of the North American Butterfly Association.......here

Scientists said the destruction of the butterflies' habitat the strongest factor in their disappearance.