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their fluttering, tropical neighbors,
which limits their numbers in the
exhibit hall and actually makes them
harder to see, she says. The staff
horticulturist makes a point to plant
species like porterweed, a member
of the verbena family whose tubular
flower shape is extremely attractive to
cloudless sulphurs.
Although they travel in large
groups during the fall migration period,
they're not as densely congregated
as monarchs, which can cluster by
the tens of thousands to stay warm.
Cloudless sulphurs generally don't travel as far either.
They're also not experiencing widespread habitat
loss compared to monarchs and some other butterflies,
although, says Segbers, " Every pollinator across the
board and every insect is losing population and habitat. "
A
major culprit is pesticide use. " A lot of these butterflies
would normally forage in grasslands, " Segbers
says. " And oftentimes, the plants that they want to use
to lay their eggs on and get nectar from as adults are
things that are considered weeds by farmers. Farmers
will do everything they can to stop things like butOftentimes,
the plants
that they want to use to
lay their eggs on and get
nectar from as adults are
things that are considered
weeds by farmers.
terfly weed from growing in their fields. They'll spray
Roundup, for example, which kills everything but the
crops. " On the bright side, some farmers have begun
designating non-spray areas, which helps protect sulphurs
and their butterfly kin.
Like other pollinators, cloudless sulphurs play an
important role in the health of the Appalachian ecosystem.
" I know it's kind of dark to say this, " Segbers
admits, " but insects are a huge food source for predators
and songbirds, and they really do make up the
backbone, the ground level, of our ecosystem in more
ways than one. "
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