With their acute sensitivity to pesticides and toxins, their presence, diversity and relative abundance indicate the overall well-being of our ecosystems.Their message is simple: A healthy community usually has a large number and wide array of butterfly species; a contaminated or altered community doesn't.
"We must remember, that for all the enjoyment we get from these beautiful creatures, we give them little. And, ultimately, we hold their future in our hands..." The same holds true for all creatures -- large and small -- with which we share the planet's air, water, and land."
Robert Michael Pyle
Nature Writer
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