Boston butterflies
John
jhimmel at comcast.net
Sun Jul 6 10:11:22 EDT 2003
Hi lepsters -
My wife and I just got back from a couple days in Boston(my favorite city!)
where we spent some time in the Common Gardens there. They really do a nice
job and I was hoping to get some good "City Butterflies". For the most
part, butterfly-wise, it was lousy! Even though they had a section of
blooming buddleias - already in need for some drastic deadheading. All they
hosted was a Silver-spotted Skipper. A Tiger Swallowtail dashed by, and of
course there were the ever present Cabbage Whites.
However, as we were crossing the bridge over the Swan Pond, I noticed some
orangey butterflies dashing out from a tree and zipping around the people's
heads as they walked by. As it turned out, it was a Hackberry tree! And
the butterflies, of course, where its Emperors. Amazingly, not a single
person noticed them. Here we had some of the most behaviorally interesting
adult butterflies in the Northeast and it was lost on the hundreds who
passed by. I was waiting to see if someone would say, "Hey, check out those
Emperors!", or at least "Jesus! What the hell is wrong with those bugs?".
Nothing.
I was glad that at least we were there to show them some appreciation.
On the homefront - the G-spangled Frits are racing all over the place. An
American Lady was puddling in a bare spot in my meadow. And my trees are
COVERED with HUNDREDS of fungus-melted Gypsy Moth caterpillars!
Also - added a new prominent to the moth site this morning -
www.connecticutmoths.com
Happy lepping -
John
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John Himmelman
Killingworth, CT
jhimmel at comcast.net
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JUST OUT FALL 2002! "Discovering Moths, Nighttime Jewels in Your Own Yard"
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