New #OpenAccess work in #RESEcolEnt finds #HostPlant use is driven by #microclimate, not nutritional quality, in a grassland #butterfly.
doi.org/10.1111/een.70076

#Lycaena #Conservation #InsectNutrition
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A photo of a small copper orange coloured butterfly with dark brown veins. A pair of dark lines run parallel along each wing vein, a feature of male butterflies of this species.

I just got back from the first lab for my Biological Diversity course at #LincolnUniversityNZ. Today's lab was about the local butterfly species, plus we began to teach students the local birds. Near the end of lab we went out for a walk across campus to practise […]

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