Conservation Breakthrough for Endangered Butterfly

The Oregon Zoo's butterfly conservation lab has 269 reasons to celebrate this season. That's how many Oregon silverspot caterpillars are waiting to become butterflies thanks to the first-ever breeding of this endangered species in a captive-rearing setting. Though wild silverspots lay eggs in the lab each year, this is the first time the butterfly has successfully bred, marking a big step forward in butterfly conservation in Oregon and beyond.

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