Vanessa at night

[Niklas Wahlberg]

Paul,
    You forget one thing, humans can't see in the dark.

Cheers,
Niklas

At 09:35 18.1.2002 -0800, Paul Cherubini wrote:
>An important point that I think should not be lost in this thread is that
>no one has reported seeing V. cardui or any other temperate latitude
>butterfly flying freely at night away from artificial light sources.
>
>Therefore, I feel we have no evidence to substantiate the notion that some
>butterflies (e.g. Painted Ladies or Monarchs ) are functionally capable
>of sustained, oriented flight (e.g. migration) at night (30 minutes or more
>after sunset or before sunrise).
>
>Paul Cherubini
>
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