Butterflies and Weather
Joel Lyons
jrlyons at bellsouth.net
Sat Jun 30 23:39:41 EDT 2001
Mr. Taylor's point is well appreciated here. Life-long
retrospective conversation in light of later (hyper?)
awareness has led Melanie and I to realize we
didn't notice butterflies at all in formative years
(the Nobokov Syndrome?), indeed we cannot
remember them ever being mentioned as part
of our upbringing.
Clay Taylor wrote:
> Marilyn -
>
> Don't overlook another factor - are you more aware of butterflies than
> in years past? Since I started trying to learn dragonflies, I am seeing
> many new ode species in all my familiar haunts. This process first happened
> when I became a birder in the 70's, and repeated itself in the 90's when
> butterflies came to the forefront.
>
> In the East, we have had pretty favorable weather for leps, so the year
> seems to be above average and slightly ahead of schedule (with the exception
> of Monarchs - they are few and far between).
>
> Clay Taylor
> Moodus, CT
> ctaylor at worldnet.att.net
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marilyn" <marilynp at nctc.net>
> To: <leps-l at lists.yale.edu>
> Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2001 2:17 PM
> Subject: Butterflies and Weather
>
> > In my area (central USA)there seem to be many more butterflies this
> > year than in some years past. I am wondering what the cause may be?
> >
> > 1. Weather significance
> > 2. Environmental significance
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Marilyn
> >
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