SPECIES: Caterpillars evolved into fast eaters in race against effects of higher temperatures

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Coleen Jose, E&E reporter Caterpillars of two species of butterflies in Colorado and California have evolved to feed rapidly in response to rising average temperatures in the past 40 years, new research finds. The sister species of two butterfly populations in North America, Colias eurytheme and Col

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SPECIES: Caterpillars evolved into fast eaters in race against effects of higher temperatures

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Colorado

California

Sacramento Valley

Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Species (1)

Colias eurytheme