Rare butterfly is behind 'mass destruction' of rare Miami plants: Can both be protected?

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Rare butterfly is behind 'mass destruction' of rare Miami plants: Can both be protected?
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A small butterfly once thought extinct has staged such a comeback in South Florida that it is now considered a bit of a garden pest—and a persistent problem for a renowned research facility where its caterpillars feast on a curated collection of tropical plants, some of them rarer than the insect munching them.

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