Vanessa at night - migrations

[Paul Cherubini]

Kenelm Philip wrote:

> there was
> a mass flight of _Eurema lisa_ which arrived (from the NW) at Bermuda,
> and was seen by "several persons living on the northern side of the
> main island"--"and fishermen out that morning stated that their boats
> were literally covered with these butterflies". Anecdotal evidence, to
> be sure, but rather convincing unless you subscribe to a mass hallucination.

Maybe the butterflies had been clinging by the 
thousands to nearby ships crossing the Atlantic and
then left as Bermuda came into sight.  

Paul Cherubini

 
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