FW: Us and Them

[jhimmel at connix.com]

When I was in Venezuela, two of us were trying to photograph a Marpesia 
butterfly.  There were a bunch of them were puddling by a little stream in the 
Andes.  Every time we would get close to one, it would fly off.  Then one flew 
up and landed right on the other guy's camera!  I got a great picture of it 
sitting on the end of his lens.  He had mixed feelings about his luck until that 
same butterfly flew off of his camera and onto mine.  He got his picture.

John
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John Himmelman
Killingworth, CT USA
jhimmel at connix.com
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> Chris Durden wrote:
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> I pull out a net to take a sample the diversity seems to decrease and
> approachability recedes to just beyond handle length.
> 
> <more snippage>
> 
> Isn't that the truth.  Actually, though, there are those bolder species
> (certain Swallowtails come to mind) that seem to torment the net carrier in
> spite of the handle length or net radius.  I am convinced that certain
> butterflies will, once they spot you standing there like an idiot, fly
> directly at you, making at least two sweeps to within a few inches of your
> nose, and then fly away "laughing" (that ought to get John Grehan smiling).
> If it had only happened a few times, it would be anecdotal.  This happens
> ALL the time (especially the standing there like an idiot part) for me.
>