Killing butterflies

[evoluhol at magnum.wpe.com]

ERic

Tonight it will freeze here.  The monarchs and sulphurs will survive if it
is not too intense,  but it will kill the last of the fritillaries and
swallowtails skippers and a number of other butterrlies clinging to the
undersides of leaves.  Though normal death for them during that brief
dispersion phase of its life cycle, is usally in a beak, mandibles, or at
the end of a long tongue -- freeze death is natural for many insects.

Someone wanting to save samples of insects but stay away from "poisoning"
or "crushing" may want to keep this in mind.

Dave