Baltimore Checkerspot Caterpillar and Host Plants. Pick out a Baltimore checkerspot caterpillar by making note of its alternating bands of orange and black with rows of branchlike spines.

The larva, or caterpillar, of a Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly. Its distinctive coloration provides a visual warning to potential predators that they harbor toxins. Photo: Momalusk/iNaturalist.

ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Checkerspot announced that it has successfully developed the world’s first high-oleic palm oil alternative produced entirely through the fermentation of ...

Taylor's checkerspot butterfly was declared a federally endangered species in 2013 and currently has 11 populations in western Washington, one in British Columbia, and two in Oregon's Willamette ...

The larva, or caterpillar, of a Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly. Its distinctive colouration provides a visual warning to potential predators that they harbour toxins.

Scientists calculated just how much U.S. butterfly populations have declined in the past 20 years. The results brought some scientists to tears, and have them warning about dire implications for ...

The collaboration between Duotone, Checkerspot, and SWS Board Technology is a powerful example of how cross-industry, international partnerships can overcome traditional barriers to sustainability ...

Camille Parmesan tells us how the climate sensitive Edith's Checkerspot helped NASA. Camille Parmesan gives us an insight into the lives of the climate sensitive Edith's Checkerspot. She tells us ...

The Baltimore Checkerspot has primarily fed on native white turtlehead or Chelone glabra, which grows mostly in wetlands. As climate change has caused the weather to become hotter and drier, the ...

The Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly lives in the high-altitude meadows of south-central New Mexico. In 2020, a survey of known habitats revealed only eight total butterflies, according ...

ALAMEDA, Calif., April 24, 2025--Checkerspot announced that it has successfully developed the world’s first high-oleic palm oil alternative produced entirely through the fermentation of ...