Numbers noted as (PE:xx) refer to plates in the Peterson Field Guide to Eastern Butterflies, by Paul Opler & Vichai Malikul (1998 edition) Numbers noted as (K:xx) refer to pages in the Kaufman Focus Guide to Butterflies of North America, by Jim Brock & Kenn Kaufman. Numbers noted as (W:xx) refer to pages in Caterpillars of Eastern North America, by David Wagner, 2005. DE: occurs in Delaware. FL: occurs in Florida.
Confidence votes 94.7K. The Bubonic Plague originated in China. It was spread by the fleas carried by rats going aboard ships and they were transported to Italy, Greece and France, when the rats left the ships entering cities and gave us the Bubonic Plague.he Bubonic Plague spread from China and East Asia to Europe through the Silk Road and arrived in the Ukraine. It also spread from fleas upon rats aboard merchant ships, and i â¦ s believed to have spread from Sicily.
The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 75 to 200 million people in Eurasia and peaking in Europe from 1347 to 1351. The bacterium Yersinia pestis, which results in several forms of plague, is believed to have been the cause. The plague created a series of religious, social, and economic upheavals, which had profound effects on the course of European history. The Black Death is thought to have originated in the dry plain