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speckled wood
noun
- a common woodland brown satyrid butterfly, Pararge aegeria, marked with pale orange or yellowish-white spots
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Species which have declined since last year and over the long term include ringlet, common blue and speckled wood, according to the research.
Speckled wood butterflies were being seen in particularly low numbers, while small tortoiseshells, commas, green-veined whites, large whites and red admirals were also being spotted in smaller numbers compared with the 10-year average.
It said there had been particularly low numbers of speckled wood butterflies, while small tortoiseshells, commas, green-veined whites, large whites and red admirals are also down on their 10-year average.
The study authors deleted WntA in common buckeye butterflies, speckled wood butterflies, painted lady butterflies, monarch butterflies, two species of Heliconius butterflies and Gulf fritillary butterflies.
Dr. Martin’s team found that when they delete the WntA gene with the Crispr technique, the central symmetry system band disappears entirely from the wings of the speckled wood and buckeye butterflies.
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