[Magdalen] Monterey fire?

[Grace Cangialosi]

I'm so glad to hear this, because they're very sparse here this year. I've only seen two butterflies about three weeks ago, and then I was watching over about five caterpillars on some milkweed. Never saw any of them make it to the chrysalis stage, though. This year I'm planting a large stand of milkweed.

> On Sep 22, 2015, at 12:51 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> bejillions here (Misquamicut, Westerly & Watch Hill, Rhode Island), more
> than we could count on Sunday, a warm mild day with a slight northeast
> breeze.
> 
> http://www.learner.org/jnorth/maps/monarch_all_fall2015.html
> 
> In the sudden nightfall of Autumn
> they congregate by the hundreds
> in mature trees here and in Southern Connecticut,
> waiting to fly out over Long Island Sound at dawn.
> 
> They fold their wings for the night,
> but in the morning,
> as they spread their wings to the light,
> it looks as if the tree is catching fire.
> -M
> 
> 
>> On Tuesday, September 22, 2015, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> And they're on their way! I'm already getting them here in drubs and
>> drabs. I just pruned my milkweed
>>