butterflies

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An ankle monitor, a meat slicer, some breast milk, and a package of live butterflies walk into an Uber...except this is not the setup to a joke.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

If people exterminate hives, native pollinators such as monarch butterflies, bumblebees, wasps and more can also be affected by the insecticides used.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

"Without butterflies, and pollinators in general, there's no flowers, no food, no plants."

From BBC • May 22, 2026

His Turner Endangered Species Fund, launched in June 1997, has worked to save gopher tortoises, monarch butterflies and leopard frogs, working mainly with private landowners.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

Behind her, a newly emerged brood of tiny snout-nosed butterflies crawled out from under the spiny hackberry bushes and began to creep upon her.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall