Restoration of the Regal Fritillary Butterfly on Iowa Prairies
Dianne Debinski
Wednesday, 05 Apr 2006 at 7:00 pm – Hughes Auditorium, Reiman Garden
Dianne Debinski and her students have initiated efforts to reintroduce Speyeria idalia (Regal Fritillary), a declining prairie endemic butterfly, to a reconstructed prairie at Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge, near Prairie City, Iowa.
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