Killing MOTHS for fun ;>)

[Paul Cherubini]

Joseph Sugar wrote:

> I even went out, as one of you suggested in a private email,
> and checked some of the moths at the light in front of my house. 
> Wow!  There were some real beauties there!  I don't know what they
> were, but I was surprised at some of the colors and patterns in the
> wings.  I feel like I've been missing a great show that has been
> taking place outside my house every night.
>  
> The bad news > Now I don't want to see them killed either!

More bad news Joseph:  Lightning is responsible for the deaths of
countless trillions of moths and butterflies each summer in the
forests of the western USA.
http://www.saber.net/~monarch/firepicture.jpg

Paul Cherubini
Placerville, California

 
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