Eurema lisa

[MexicoDoug at aol.com]

Hi Rick,

Flamingo is on the other end of the road from Metro Miami-Homestead going 
south through the unique road in the Everglades, at the tip of Cape Sable, 
the southern terminus of the Florida peninsula.

Regarding Columbus identifying the butterflies, you did give me a case of the 
chuckles, with your clarification, as it was still 250 years into the future 
that scientific nomenclature was to be developed, and of course these were 
"specimens" which were being seen for the first time in the new world.  By 
the way, that makes Cristoforo the  first documented butterfly watcher in the 
new world, and from what you relate, published, to boot, if I may attempt a 
joke, butterflies through a site glass?  Too bad _lisa_ is so hard to tell 
from _nise_ in a monocular!  You probably can bank on those yellow 
butterflies actually being Whites, monuste.  Howe actually did a beautiful 
oil painting of one of these massive flurries, I believe it was in the 
Bahamas and observed by him, which if I recall in my old age, is a common 
phenomonon every other year or so per the Millers out of Sarasota.  Of course 
getting caught over ater between the Islands and hitting ground around Ft. 
Lauderdale, probably does require some night flying if even not intentionally.

Best....Doug Dawn
Monterrey, Mexico


En un mensaje con fecha 02/04/2002 8:12:34 PM Central Standard Time, 
butrfly at epix.net escribe:

Doug
He didn't state any species as such he only described them as a mass 
of yellow butterflies. Unfortunately Mr. Columbus was a navigator 
and not a lepidopterist. It is said however that the first 
entomological report ever sent back from the 'New World' was 
when he described the crickets near his encampment.
Rick



 
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