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An early spring drives butterfly population declines — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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An early spring drives butterfly population declines

By: CB Staff

Date: April 4, 2012

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Two-form Bumble Bee Bumble Bees Buff-tailed Bumble Bee Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee Golden-belted Bumble Bee Common Eastern Bumble Bee Bombus appositus Bombus occidentalis Bombus frigidus Bombus fervidus Bombus californicus Bombus nevadensis

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Species (20)

Two-form Bumble Bee

Bumble Bees

Buff-tailed Bumble Bee

Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee

Golden-belted Bumble Bee

Common Eastern Bumble Bee

Bombus appositus

Bombus occidentalis

Bombus frigidus

Bombus fervidus

Bombus californicus

Bombus nevadensis

Bombus mixtus

Bombus rufocinctus

Bombus hypocrita

native plants

non-native plants

Caterpillars

Speyeria mormonia

Speyeria