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10-Minute Presentation

Plant-Insect Ecosystems

10-min: P-IE, Ecology

Rearing the endangered Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly at Oregon State University

Sunday, November 10, 2024
3:54 PM – 4:06 PM MST
Location: Phoenix Convention Center, 129 B, PCC
Oral Presentation

    Presenting Author(s)

  • Kelley N. Asselin

    Masters Student
    Oregon State University
    Corvallis, Oregon

    • Co-Author(s)

  • MF

    Maggie Freeman

    Oregon State University
    Hood River, Oregon

  • KG

    Kelsey Galimba

    Oregon State University
    Hood River, Oregon

  • Chris Adams

    Assistant Professor Tree Fruit Entomology
    Oregon State University
    Hood River, Oregon

Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha taylori) is a federally listed endangered species native to the Willamette Valley region through Puget Trough. Due to habitat fragmentation and land use, only 2 populations of Taylor’s Checkerspot remain in Oregon. To support butterfly populations, captive rearing in Oregon and Washington has been conducted by several different groups. In corporation with the Institute for Applied Ecology, Oregon State University has started a new rearing facility in Hood River, OR at the Mid-Columbia Agriculture Research and Extension Center. Here, future research will be conducted to improve rearing techniques through advanced experimentation in oviposition, larval feeding, and breeding.