[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/
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