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o I n and the Dune S i LAX c T The El Segundo blue butterfly ( allyni) a Playa O del Rey depends on the dune buckwheat ( parvifolium) B R for its entire life cycle. Adult a I y butterflies feed on the dune El Segundo C buckwheat’s nectar and lay eggs on the flowerheads. The S A caterpillars eat the flowerheads, Manhattan N form pupae in the soil, and then Dune buckwheat () Beach D they wait for the next summer to emerge as butterflies. An individual butterfly

Hermosa can spend its entire life within a few yards of a single . D Beach El Segundo blue butterfly (Euphilotes battoides allyni); photo by Jess Morton Urban development reduced the local distribution of dune buckwheat to three U

Adult King N Butterfly isolated areas: the dunes west of LAX, Chevron’s El Segundo refinery property, Beach Bluffs Egg Harbor and the bluffs northwest of Palos Restoration Project E Verdes Estates. A dramatic decline in S he Beach Bluffs Restoration Project Larva the El Segundo blue butterfly Tbegan in 2001 when a group of local Redondo residents, nonprofit groups, and population following the loss of government agencies united to implement Beach a common vision of restoring the native vegetation of the bluffs along the southern suitable habitat led to its listing as a portion of Santa Monica Bay, between Pupa Ballona Creek and the Palos Verdes Spends winter federally endangered . Peninsula. You Are Here in the soil Replacing iceplant with dune Goals of the Project Torrance • Increase the ecological value of the bluffs El Segundo blue butterfly life cycle; drawings by Rick Rogers buckwheat can allow establishment of and dunes • Promote the beauty of native new populations to increase its chance of recovery and eventual removal • Educate the public about the natural history of our urban beaches from the endangered species list. Sweat bee (Agapostemon texanus) on dune buckwheat Palos Verdes Estates