automobile traffic and leps!

Dan Chaffee dchaffee at blitz-it.net
Tue Feb 26 01:02:32 EST 2002


> I started walking up the shoulder of the road and
> soon located three beautiful specimens, all stunned by contact with passing
> cars and in great shape. I still have never actually netted this species,
> but I finally got some for my son's collection.  I also found some wonderful
> Southern Dog Face [Cesonia zerene] and a few White Lined Sphinx Moths [Hylea
> lineata]. 
> 
> I will always check the road margins when lots of nectar sources are
> close-by. I have never thought of an automobile as a collecting aid but am
> now convinced!

Absolutely! The most beautiful Zebra Swallowtail specimen I've ever
gotten was a road kill. If you ever want number of Regal Fritilaries, just 
drive through eastern Kansas in early june and check the highway 
shoulders..

Dan Chaffee
Kansas City, Mo.

 
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