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Puget blue female adult nutrition is crucial to the success of butterflies and their offspring, but little is yet known about their nectar resource use or what nutrients are available to them. I examined adult female nectaring behavior via field observation of nectaring and determined availability of nectar species, as well as the butterflies' preference for nectar species. Puget blue butterflies ... read moreprefer and nectar the most on closed racemes of their larval hostplant, Lupinus albicaulis. They also prefer native nectar species but will regularly use introduced flower species.
Advisors: Dr. Elizabeth Crone, Dr. Rachael Bonoan, Dr. Colin Oriansread less
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