Clouds of "Monarchs" and other fakery
Richard Worth
rworth at oda.state.or.us
Thu Feb 7 13:36:58 EST 2002
I may have you beat John,
I bought a small address/phone book that is made with Costa Rica
Banana paper mixed with recycled paper. On the front is a picture of
one of those large, tan-colored Amathusids with dark brown diamond
shaped spots along the wing margins from India or somewhere, and
feeding at a Camelia flower (I've never seen anything feed at one of
those). The caption below it says "Monarch butterfly". I laughed
and had to get it.
:-) Rich
>Along this line - my wife ordered "Butterfly" checks thinking that I'd like
>them - four different butterfly checks, two of which are miss- identified
>(Giant swallowtail called a tiger, and an American painted lady IDed as a
>"Cosmopolitan"). They are very tasteful checks, but I always wonder about
>passing "bad checks" when I use them.
>
>John
Richard A. Worth
Oregon Department of Agriculture
Plant Division
rworth at oda.state.or.us
(503) 986-6461
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