Baltimore Checkerspot Release

Earlier this week, Fermilab's Tom Peterson hosted Vincent Olivares and Doug Taron of the Notebaert Museum for another butterfly introduction to Fermilab.  They released catepillars of the Baltimore checkerspot, a wetland butterfly, across from the education center along inbound Pine Street.


In 2005, Shawn Wischoeffer planted the caterpillar host plant, turtlehead, in wet areas along Pine Street as part of his Eagle Scout project. The plants have spread and developed well over the past years.

Read a press account of the release online.