Insecticide use is a major factor causing a decrease in the size and diversity of butterfly populations across the US Midwest, reports Braeden Van Deynze of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and colleagues in a study published June 20 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE.
Insecticides contribute to drop in butterfly species across US MidWest: Study retrieved 20 June 2024 from https://phys.org/news/2024-06-insecticides-contribute-butterfly-species-midwest.html
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