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#caterpillars — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. Decades of data reveal #hurricanes' unexpected benefit to rare Florida butterfly phys.org/news/2025-02-decades- paper: sciencedirect.com/science/arti

    "Their survival relies on two known larval host #plants: torchwood and wild lime... They occupy the forest's #understory, and after a #hurricane, they explode with fresh leaf shoots, which are the preferred food of Schaus's swallowtail #caterpillars... After the hurricanes temporarily knock out their bigger, taller competitors, the host plants flourish."

  2. Decades of data reveal #hurricanes' unexpected benefit to rare Florida butterfly phys.org/news/2025-02-decades- paper: sciencedirect.com/science/arti

    "Their survival relies on two known larval host #plants: torchwood and wild lime... They occupy the forest's #understory, and after a #hurricane, they explode with fresh leaf shoots, which are the preferred food of Schaus's swallowtail #caterpillars... After the hurricanes temporarily knock out their bigger, taller competitors, the host plants flourish."

  3. Decades of data reveal #hurricanes' unexpected benefit to rare Florida butterfly phys.org/news/2025-02-decades- paper: sciencedirect.com/science/arti

    "Their survival relies on two known larval host #plants: torchwood and wild lime... They occupy the forest's #understory, and after a #hurricane, they explode with fresh leaf shoots, which are the preferred food of Schaus's swallowtail #caterpillars... After the hurricanes temporarily knock out their bigger, taller competitors, the host plants flourish."

  4. Decades of data reveal #hurricanes' unexpected benefit to rare Florida butterfly phys.org/news/2025-02-decades- paper: sciencedirect.com/science/arti

    "Their survival relies on two known larval host #plants: torchwood and wild lime... They occupy the forest's #understory, and after a #hurricane, they explode with fresh leaf shoots, which are the preferred food of Schaus's swallowtail #caterpillars... After the hurricanes temporarily knock out their bigger, taller competitors, the host plants flourish."

  5. Decades of data reveal #hurricanes' unexpected benefit to rare Florida butterfly phys.org/news/2025-02-decades- paper: sciencedirect.com/science/arti

    "Their survival relies on two known larval host #plants: torchwood and wild lime... They occupy the forest's #understory, and after a #hurricane, they explode with fresh leaf shoots, which are the preferred food of Schaus's swallowtail #caterpillars... After the hurricanes temporarily knock out their bigger, taller competitors, the host plants flourish."