Will the Karner Blue Butterfly and Long-Eared Bat Survive?

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Cross Off Karner and Long-Eared

According to Hannah Ritchie and Max Roser, (World Data) 99 percent of the four billion species, that have evolved on earth have disappeared. In the last 500 years, 900 species are now gone. One-quarter of the world's mammals; 1-in-7 bird species; and 40% of amphibians are threatened. For many, over-hunting and destruction of habitat has been a high contributor of the problem.  But while many species are in danger, conservation has also saved tens of mammal and bird species from extinction, according to the statistic-driven group.

Average citizens either do not know, feel powerless or do not care about this issue. The environmental backdrop on the problem is huge and  complicated. Species innate survival instincts and resources have failed. Governmental systems and processes are challenging and ever-changing BUT so is biology. Species adapt to an environment, move/migrate or die. Some may say it is sad but it is realistic, reflective of the modern world. Species such as Majorcan Midwife Toad, Chacoan Peccary, Laotian Rock Rat. Terror Skink, Gracilidris ant, Coelacanth fish, Little Mountain Monkey, Monito del Monte, Monoplacophoran Mollusks, Mountain Pygmy Possum, a lone female tortoise, found living on Fernandina Island and Australian Tasmanian tiger, with a pouch, have all made a surprise reappearance. "In a dense rainforest in Rwanda, Africa, scientists have made a miraculous discovery. They found a species of bat not seen for 40 years; the critically endangered Hill's horseshoe bat. The animal was found in 2019 in Nyungwe national park." (newsfast.org)

But many other species will not be so lucky.

According to  Delores Savignano, US Fish and Wildlife Service, United States Forest Service,"Karner blue caterpillars only feed on wild blue lupine leaves, leaving behind "windowpanes" or a leaf "skeleton". Wild blue lupines are found in the sandy soils of pine barrens, oak savannas and lakeshore dune habitats. These habitats require fire or other disturbance to maintain the sunny open patches where wild blue lupine is found, ...