[Magdalen] Le Premier Papillon.

[Grace Cangialosi]

Loads of them here, Jay--I'll try to send some of them up your way!

> On May 26, 2015, at 10:59 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> We're seeing butterflies here, but are most anxiously awaiting the
> fireflies, which are myriad in our outback. S/O says he saw one at the
> bedroom window the other night, but I have yet to see any.
> 
> On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 10:55 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Just now I saw my first butterfly of the season.  There was a  bright flash
>> of yellow, and then golden fluttering the length of the  front deck.
>> 
>> 
>> It appeared to be one of the "Swallow Tail" species, and probably
>> attracted
>> to my property because of my prize Tulip tree (Liriodendron  tulipifera)
>> which is just near the deck, or to one of many magnolia shrubs and  trees
>> here.
>> 
>> 
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papilio_glaucus
>> 
>> 
>> We don't see Monarch butterflies here much any more.  I miss their
>> brilliant orange and black.  They fed on a rather large patch of  Milkweed
>> along the road about a block away, but then the development decided  to
>> keep the roadside mowed.
>> 
>> I am reminded, this Memorial Day weekend (USA) of the  campaigns
>> for grammar school students to collect the milkweed pods for  their
>> "fluff" used in floatation devices for military service men and  women.
>> It's a wonder any Milkweed survived this species "holocaust", since  most
>> of the seeds were gone with the fluff.
>> 
>> 
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarch_butterfly
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> David Strang.
>> 
>>