Pictures: Vanishing state butterfly

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Barbara Kreiley checks the underside of a turtlehead plant for butterfly eggs. (Baltimore Sun photo by Barbara Haddock Taylor)

The Baltimore Checkerspot butterfly, named for the state's founding Calvert family, has dwindled to just a handful of places. Experts worry it may disappear entirely from the state, but a group of volunteers are trying to bring it back.