Butterflies "under the influence"?

Charles Henry charles.henry at virgin.net
Fri Aug 20 17:30:36 EDT 1999


Dear all,

In my garden on the sunny Isle of Wight are several golden gage (plum)
trees.  Last year there was rather a severe wind which caused some of the
fruit to fall just before being fully ripe.  When I cut the grass, much of
this fruit was squashed and left on the grass.   A day or so later, whilst
standing  watching  the red admirals and peacock butterflies landing and
feeding on the, what must have been, fermenting "yuk",  I was amazed that
many of them landed on my white shirt and even when I moved, did not fly off
immediately.

I suppose this is an example of  what we call, "Dutch courage",  but I'll
never forget the experience.

Chas.



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