Butterfly of peace

The western pigmy blue butterfly (a native of the USA) has been discovered thriving in Israel’s Dead Sea resort. One theory is that its larvae were in a pot plant brought to the UAE by a US State Department official at the time of the Abraham Accords in 2019. Tourists then brought it to Israel.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/butterfly-experts-aflutter-over-arrival-of-foreign-species-at-dead-sea/

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