Vanessa at night - migrations

[Paul Cherubini]

Kenelm Philip wrote:

> Let me add a bit to my quote from Scudder:
> 
> "...early one October morning several persons living on the northern side
> of the main island of Bermuda perceived what they thought was a cloud
> coming from the northwest, which turned out to be an immense concourse
> of small yellow butterflies, which flitted about all the open grassy patches
> and cultivated grounds in a lazy manner..."

Yes, Ken lots of people claims to have seen CLOUDS of 
migrating butterflies: Here's a small sampling:

http://www.nctimes.com/news/2001/20010424/b.html

"From Lake Hodges in Escondido to Oceanside on the coast 
and Lake Elsinore in Riverside County, CLOUDS of low-flying
Painted Ladies filled the clear blue sky like confetti." 

http://cavecreekranch.com/GuestComments.htm

"The butterflies were truly fabulous... I especially
enjoyed the CLOUDS of Sulphurs, Queens, Monarchs,
Black Swallowtails, Pipevine Swallowtails, and
Variegated Fritillaries.".  

http://www.learner.org/jnorth/fall2000/monarch/

"A strong cold front pushed Monarchs through Iowa on Monday. 
"There were CLOUDS of monarchs in the air as
the front moved through," reported Kittrell Elementary." 

http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/magazines/story/0,6277,54834,00.html

For three days last week golden clouds fluttered across the skies of
Cape May, New Jersey. They were no ordinary clouds. They were
CLOUDS of monarch butterflies--about 25,000 butterflies!

http://www.dispatchesfromthevanishingworld.com/pastdispatches/monarch/monarch1.html

Our Manitoba butterfly joins a little swirling knot of 
southbound monarchs, and like a river, picking up 
innumerable tributaries along the way, the knot con verges 
with swarms and bevies, shimmering lines of translucent
orange wings that take an hour to pass, billowing into
scintillating CLOUDS of tens of thousands of monarchs 
wafting up on thermals to 3,000 feet above the ground"

 
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