Going to extremes to understand and protect the White Mountain fritillary | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Dec 11, 2023 | Cape May National Wildlife Refuge

Hurricane force winds are common year-round on the summit of Mount Washington, home to some of the most dangerous weather conditions on earth. Learn more about a delicate butterfly that makes its home in this extreme terrain: the White Mountain fritillary. #InternationalMountainDay


A day when you’d be likely to see the White Mountain fritillary is a day you’d want to be hiking through its habitat. The small orange and black butterfly, about half the size of the familiar monarch, is only found above 4,000 feet in the subalpine tundra of New Hampshire’s White Mountains. En…

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