Warm Days and butterflies and Moths

[Cris Guppy & Aud Fischer]

Hey no problem! So far we are having a nice warm winter in central British
Columbia, with temperatures around -5 C plus or minus 5 degrees. Those
butterflies are out there under the snow in some stage, I just have to use a
lot of imagination to visualize them.

-----Original Message-----
From: Leptraps at aol.com <Leptraps at aol.com>
To: LEPS-L at lists.yale.edu <LEPS-L at lists.yale.edu>
Date: December 22, 1999 10:53 AM
Subject: RE: Warm Days and butterflies and Moths


>I love to read postings of warm days and the few common butterflies that
are
>seen.
>
>Try this out! I went collecting yesterday with David Fine of Delray Beach
on
>Big Pine Key, Monroe County, (In the Lower Keys of Florida). I was a rather
>cool day with the temperature in the low 80's. We found the following:
>Strymon acis bartrami, Strymon martialis, Strymon columella, Tmolus azia,
>Hemiargus ammon, Anaea floridalis, Junonia everate everate, Euphyes pilatka
>klotsi (both adults and larva & pupa in sawgrass pits), Polygonus leo,
>Phocides pigmalion okeechobee, Cymaenes tripunctus, and Panoquina
>ponaquinoides. We also took some nice moths, Pachylia ficus, Eumorpha vitis
>and several Composia fidelissima.
>
>The worst part of the trip was the ride home with the air conditioner
running.
>
>Don't you just hate a smart ass from south Florida!!
>
>I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
>Oh yes, we are going again on Monday.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Leroy C. Koehn
>Lake Worth, FL
>
>