{"id":3508,"date":"2012-12-12T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-12T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/the-connection-between-butterflies-plants-and-beer\/"},"modified":"2021-06-09T14:21:15","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T14:21:15","slug":"the-connection-between-butterflies-plants-and-beer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/2012\/12\/12\/the-connection-between-butterflies-plants-and-beer\/","title":{"rendered":"The connection between butterflies, plants and beer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThis November CNHP Zoologist Rob Schorr had the
\nopportunity to meet with Odell Brewing Company<\/a> personnel to discuss a
\npoorly-understood butterfly that has interesting ties to the beer brewing
\nprocess. <\/span><\/div>\n
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Odell Brewing Company’s bike rack of hops<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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\nDuring a biological inventory of the U.S. Air Force Academy<\/a> in 2011, CNHP Zoologists Jeremy Siemers and Rob Schorr stumbled upon several populations of the hops
\nblue butterfly (<\/span>Celastrina humulus<\/i>).  <\/span><\/div>\n
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A female hops blue butterfly (Celastrina humulus<\/i>)<\/span> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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\nThe hops blue butterfly is a
\nabout the size of a silver dollar when in flight, showing purple-blue wings,
\nbut when the wings are closed it is an inconspicuous white dot on a field of
\ngreen hops.  This unique butterfly is only found in a few Front Range
\ncounties of Colorado, and it gets its name from its primary host plant, wild
\nhops (<\/span>Humulus lupulus<\/i>). Rob presented the current state of knowledge on
\nthe natural history and population ecology of the hops blue, then there was a
\nfun discussion about the happenstance that put this rare butterfly in a region
\nof the country with such strong affiliation to brewing and brewing culture. <\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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