Checkerspot Butterfly

Checkerspot Butterfly

ByRandy Jones

The Bay checkerspot is a butterfly endemic to the San Francisco Bay region of the U.S. state of California. It is a federally threatened species.

Since the 1980s the population of checkerspotshas been in serious decline.

While the larvae are dependent on the host plants, mostly the dwarf plantain, for sustenance the adult butterflies live on nectar.

Checkerspot
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