along with a monarch butterfly and an endangered Karner blue butterfly.

It and everything else is on sale this week at minouette.Etsy.com

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Ink drawing of a male, Karner Blue butterfly with written notes in appearance, including white fringe edges.

SciArt September, Day 9: Vanishing (species.) The Karner Blue Butterfly is an endangered species that lives in pine barrens and oak savannas. Recent efforts in western Michigan have seen the start of a comeback. It feeds only on wild blue lupine. 🎨🐡 #sciartseptember2025 #karnerbluebutterfly

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My most recent encaustic painting in the process of framing. It represents the Blue Karner Butterfly which is now endangered due to habitat loss.

The Karner blue butterfly (Plebejus samuelis) is a federally endangered species of the Great Lakes region; depending on oak savanna & Lupinus perennis as a host plant. Photos taken at Manistee National Forest and Indiana Dunes NP. #karnerbluebutterfly #karnerblue #endangered #greatlakes #oaksavanna