Bait stories and B.S.

[Trisha Norberg]

Can we stop talking about poop please?   We've gotten the point, there's really 
nowhere else to go with it except to get gross.  Please chill on the topic, 
okay?


> Here in the UK too. Chalkhill Blue (L:ysandra coridon) seems to very
> much favour dog dung and can be so numerous on it as to almost obscure
> the dung from sight. I have also seen Comma (Polygonia c-album) on dog
> dung. I'm sure other species as well. Purple Emperor (Apatura iris) on
> carrion.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Nick Greatorex-Davies
> 
> 
> Mr J Nick Greatorex-Davies
> (Butterfly Monitoring Scheme co-ordinator)
> Institute of Terrestrial Ecology
> Monks Wood
> Abbots Ripton
> Huntingdon
> Cambridgeshire PE17 2LS  UK
> 
> Tel: (+44) (0) 1487 773 381
> Fax: (+44) (0) 1487 773 467
> E-mail: n.greatorex-davies at ite.ac.uk
> 
> >>> "DR. JAMES ADAMS" <JADAMS at em.daltonstate.edu> 12/10/99 16:15:54
> >>>
> Anthony C. wrote:
> 
> > By the way having
> > been involved with lepidoptera for 45 years I have never observed
> butterflies on
> > carrion or dung. I know it happens but seems more relate to the
> tropics?
> 
> Not at all.  I've seen numerous butterflies visiting both dung and 
> carrion in the U.S.  In KS, where I spent many a year, I recall 
> taking a couple of great pictures of a Painted Lady (Vanessa 
> cardui) on some dog dung, and the same day there was another 
> pile that was completely covered by Hackberry butterflies 
> (Asterocampa celtis).  Red-Spotted Purples (Limenitis arthemis 
> astyanax) seem particularly fond of both dung and carrion here in 
> Georgia.
> 
> 	James
> 
> Dr. James K. Adams
> Dept. of Natural Science and Math
> Dalton State College
> 213 N. College Drive
> Dalton, GA  30720
> Phone: (706)272-4427; fax: (706)272-2533
> U of Michigan's President James Angell's 
>   Secret of Success: "Grow antennae, not horns"
> 


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