[Fwd: white butterflies]

Hank & Priscilla Brodkin hankb at theriver.com
Thu May 10 22:18:20 EDT 2001


I thought I would forward this thread.

Hank & Priscilla Brodkin wrote:
> 
> EJoyce at safariclub.org wrote:
> >
> > There seem to be a great many white butterflies out.  Docents from Kartchner
> > Caverns just told us that they stopped traffic on Hwy 90 because there were
> > so many of them.  Do you know what they are?  Is it a population explosion
> > similar to the swarming snouts perhaps?
> >
> > Emilie Joyce
> > Interpreter
> 
> There is a tremendous hatch of Checkered White (Pontia protodice) this
> year (though I doubt there are so many that they would stop traffic).  The host > plants are various mustards and because of the wet
> winter and spring mustards are everywhere now.
> The swarming of Snouts are butterlies coming up from Mexico in the Fall(although
> they breed here also on Netleaf Hackberry).  These butterflies are
> called influx species or emigrating species.  They are not migrants like
> the Monarchs.
> --
>                      Hank & Priscilla Brodkin
>                   Carr Canyon, Cochise County, AZ
>                    Send Mailto:hankb at theriver.com
>              SouthEast Arizona Butterfly Association
>           http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabasa/home.html
>          "Butterflies of Arizona - a Photographic Guide"
>     by Bob Stewart, Priscilla and Hank Brodkin - due September 2001
>           http://pages.zdnet.com/hbrodkin/butterfliesofarizona/

 
 ------------------------------------------------------------ 

   For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit:

   http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl 
 


More information about the Leps-l mailing list