The fate of a species may rest upon a single butterfly
captured in late May by University of Florida lepidopterists.
A UF research technician netted a female Schaus swallowtail
in Biscayne National Park on Elliott Key, the first capture of a female since a
multi-agency work group got a permit to do so last year.
The Schaus population has declined so much that last year
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) issued UF an emergency permit to
collect eggs.