Lotis Blue Butterfly Recovery Plan - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

11. Conduct vegation studies at colony site to identify other management
needs.
Once the larval host plant is identified, an analysis is needed to
determine the successional stage in the plant community that is
most beneficial to the butterfly. This 'will determine the type of
management needs and activities that are appropriate.
111. Investigate synecoloqy of wet meadows, boq, and forest .
Determination of the time scale of the successional sequence
from bog to wet meadow to forest is necessary for long-term
management.
112. Investigate autecol ogy of 1 awal and adul t foodpl ants, once
these are identified.
This information is needed to manage these plants and a1 so to
augment populations of these plants on the site, if necessary.
113. Identify vegetation management needs.
Util izing the ecological information concerning the
interactions of plants and the insect, a vegetation management
program should should be developed. The major focus of the
management program should be to provide habitat for the
butterfly on a continuing basis.
12. Maintain resources for larvae and adults at the site.
Possible host and nectar plants that may be utilized by the
butterfly should be maintained at the site. This would