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Karner blue butterfly release
More than 1,000 captive-bred Karner blue butterflies were released as chrysalis into the Albany Pine Bush and emerged as adult butterflies, nearly doubling the population of the endangered species in the preserve. Posted on July 25, 2008.
A Karner Blue butterfly rests on vegetation in the Albany Pine Bush Preserve.
Alan Fiero, left, and Kathy O'Brien stand with a butterfly release net in the Albany Pine Bush Preserve. Fiero is a science teacher at Farnsworth Middle School in Guilderland whose class at the middle school raised butterflies for the release. O'Brien is an Endangered Species Unit biologist for the state Department of Environmental Conservation.
Blue Lupine, the feeding plant for the Karner Blue butterfly, grow in the Albany Pine Bush Preserve.
Karner Blue butterfly pupae are ready for depositing in the Albany Pine Bush Preserve.
Butterfly collecting traps in the Albany Pine Bush Preserve.
A Karner Blue butterfly rests on straw near pupae which are ready to be depositied in the Albany Pine Bush Preserve.
A Karner Blue butterfly pauses at the entrance to a collection trap.
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January 9, 2009
