Quino checkerspot butterfly

[Paul Cherubini]

Mark Walker wrote:

> This represents the worst nightmare for people like me - who are hated both
> because we are heartless enough to murder innocent living creatures, and
> also because we're sick enough to love the same creatures so much that we
> place their needs above the needs of human beings.

There are more ironies:  You could be a butterfly breeder and hated by
NABA for adding butterflies to the environment because they interfere
with its 4th of July population counts.

Paul Cherubini