CONSERVATIONISTS have urged MSPs to champion Scotland's threatened bug life and raise the profile of species at risk.
Six MSPs have already taken up a challenge after the call from Buglife, the Invertebrate Conservation Trust.
The future of the freshwater pearl mussel, which has more than half its population in Scottish rivers, has been taken onboard by Mary Scanlon, Tory list MSP for the Highlands and Islands.
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