Development Would Destroy Beetle’s Only Known Habitat
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2014. The Center for Biological Diversity today filed emergency petitions to protect an extremely rare, beautiful beetle, found only in the pine rocklands of South Florida, as endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act and as a protected species under Florida law.
|
“This amazing, gem-like creature, once thought to be extinct, was only recently rediscovered,” said…







