Butterfly swarms!!!!

[OmManiPadmeOmelet[_2_]]

Is anyone else experiencing another great butterfly migration???
I'm trying not to duck, but they to startle me a bit when 6 or 8 of them
fly at me at once! <lol>

Not sure what species, but here is a small one taking a break on a
bindweed flower in my yard:

http://tinypic.com/211syuw.jpg

This seems to happen every few years?
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Peace!
Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch"
-- Jack Nicholson

[Jonny]

"OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
...
> Is anyone else experiencing another great butterfly migration???
> I'm trying not to duck, but they to startle me a bit when 6 or 8 of them
> fly at me at once! <lol>
>
> Not sure what species, but here is a small one taking a break on a
> bindweed flower in my yard:
>
> http://tinypic.com/211syuw.jpg
>
> This seems to happen every few years?
> --
> Peace!
> Om
>
> "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch"
> -- Jack Nicholson

Lotsa butterflies when I was tubin' in New Braunfels on Sunday. They were
land lubbers though. Sure look the same butterfly. I came out medium rare
after 3 hours of sun.
--
Jonny

[hlk]

On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 09:43:48 -0500, OmManiPadmeOmelet
> wrote:

> Not sure what species, but here is a small one taking a break on a
> bindweed flower in my yard:
>
> http://tinypic.com/211syuw.jpg

Some type of skipper...maybe this one?

http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabast/clskip.html

[cat daddy]

"OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
...
> Is anyone else experiencing another great butterfly migration???
> I'm trying not to duck, but they to startle me a bit when 6 or 8 of them
> fly at me at once! <lol>
>
> Not sure what species, but here is a small one taking a break on a
> bindweed flower in my yard:
>
> http://tinypic.com/211syuw.jpg
>
> This seems to happen every few years?

In Texas, Conditions Lead to a Rabble of Butterflies
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/27/us/27butterflies.html?th&emc=th

"South Texas is under siege from swarms of airborne migrants: tens of
millions of Libytheana bachmanii larvata — snout butterflies to y’all —
along with Kricogonia lysides, or yellow sulfurs, that have taken advantage
of an unusual drought-and-deluge cycle to breed in spectacular if not record
profusion.

...the butterfly proliferation had been set off by drought conditions
that decimated the caterpillar’s natural predators, followed by drenching
rains that prompted hackberry trees to put out green shoots, quickly
attracting the egg-laying caterpillars that could briefly thrive without
enemies."

[Kathleen[_1_]]

I am cleaning a church this week while the regular guy is on vacaction, and
have noticed butterflys *everywhere*.
With hope and heart,
Kathleen

--
You never know how much you really believe anything
until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life or death to you.
~ C.S.Lewis


"OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
...
> Is anyone else experiencing another great butterfly migration???
> I'm trying not to duck, but they to startle me a bit when 6 or 8 of them
> fly at me at once! <lol>
>
> Not sure what species, but here is a small one taking a break on a
> bindweed flower in my yard:
>
> http://tinypic.com/211syuw.jpg
>
> This seems to happen every few years?
> --
> Peace!
> Om
>
> "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch"
> -- Jack Nicholson

[Cuz]

OmManiPadmeOmelet > wrote:
|| Is anyone else experiencing another great butterfly
|| migration???
|| I'm trying not to duck, but they to startle me a bit when 6
|| or 8 of them fly at me at once! <lol>
||
|| Not sure what species, but here is a small one taking a break
|| on a bindweed flower in my yard:
||
|| http://tinypic.com/211syuw.jpg
||
|| This seems to happen every few years?

Oh no, first it is man-eating walking sticks, now its killer
butterflies. :-)

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Cuz wrote:
> Oh no, first it is man-eating walking sticks, now its killer
> butterflies. :-)

LOL!!!! Beware the butterfly!

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[dt[_1_]]

cat daddy wrote:

> "OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>Is anyone else experiencing another great butterfly migration???
>>I'm trying not to duck, but they to startle me a bit when 6 or 8 of them
>>fly at me at once! <lol>
>>
>>Not sure what species, but here is a small one taking a break on a
>>bindweed flower in my yard:
>>
>>http://tinypic.com/211syuw.jpg
>>
>>This seems to happen every few years?
>
>
> In Texas, Conditions Lead to a Rabble of Butterflies
> http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/27/us/27butterflies.html?th&emc=th
>
> "South Texas is under siege from swarms of airborne migrants: tens of
> millions of Libytheana bachmanii larvata — snout butterflies to y’all —
> along with Kricogonia lysides, or yellow sulfurs, that have taken advantage
> of an unusual drought-and-deluge cycle to breed in spectacular if not record
> profusion.
>
> ...the butterfly proliferation had been set off by drought conditions
> that decimated the caterpillar’s natural predators, followed by drenching
> rains that prompted hackberry trees to put out green shoots, quickly
> attracting the egg-laying caterpillars that could briefly thrive without
> enemies."

"egg-laying caterpillars"??? ;-)

DT

[OmManiPadmeOmelet[_2_]]

In article t>,
"Jonny" > wrote:

> "OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Is anyone else experiencing another great butterfly migration???
> > I'm trying not to duck, but they to startle me a bit when 6 or 8 of them
> > fly at me at once! <lol>
> >
> > Not sure what species, but here is a small one taking a break on a
> > bindweed flower in my yard:
> >
> > http://tinypic.com/211syuw.jpg
> >
> > This seems to happen every few years?
> > --
> > Peace!
> > Om
> >
> > "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch"
> > -- Jack Nicholson
>
> Lotsa butterflies when I was tubin' in New Braunfels on Sunday. They were
> land lubbers though. Sure look the same butterfly. I came out medium rare
> after 3 hours of sun.

Ouch.
--
Peace!
Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch"
-- Jack Nicholson

[OmManiPadmeOmelet[_2_]]

In article >,
hlk > wrote:

> On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 09:43:48 -0500, OmManiPadmeOmelet
> > wrote:
>
> > Not sure what species, but here is a small one taking a break on a
> > bindweed flower in my yard:
> >
> > http://tinypic.com/211syuw.jpg
>
> Some type of skipper...maybe this one?
>
> http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabast/clskip.html

Probably related, thanks! :-)

Some of the ones flying thru are quite a bit larger.
--
Peace!
Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch"
-- Jack Nicholson

[OmManiPadmeOmelet[_2_]]

In article >,
"cat daddy" > wrote:

> "OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Is anyone else experiencing another great butterfly migration???
> > I'm trying not to duck, but they to startle me a bit when 6 or 8 of them
> > fly at me at once! <lol>
> >
> > Not sure what species, but here is a small one taking a break on a
> > bindweed flower in my yard:
> >
> > http://tinypic.com/211syuw.jpg
> >
> > This seems to happen every few years?
>
> In Texas, Conditions Lead to a Rabble of Butterflies
> http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/27/us/27butterflies.html?th&emc=th
>
> "South Texas is under siege from swarms of airborne migrants: tens of
> millions of Libytheana bachmanii larvata — snout butterflies to y’all —
> along with Kricogonia lysides, or yellow sulfurs, that have taken advantage
> of an unusual drought-and-deluge cycle to breed in spectacular if not record
> profusion.
>
> ...the butterfly proliferation had been set off by drought conditions
> that decimated the caterpillar’s natural predators, followed by drenching
> rains that prompted hackberry trees to put out green shoots, quickly
> attracting the egg-laying caterpillars that could briefly thrive without
> enemies."

Oh! Cool! :-)

This seems to happen every few years. It's kinda neat even tho' I'm not
overly fond of droughts.
--
Peace!
Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch"
-- Jack Nicholson

[OmManiPadmeOmelet[_2_]]

In article >,
"Cuz" > wrote:

> OmManiPadmeOmelet > wrote:
> || Is anyone else experiencing another great butterfly
> || migration???
> || I'm trying not to duck, but they to startle me a bit when 6
> || or 8 of them fly at me at once! <lol>
> ||
> || Not sure what species, but here is a small one taking a break
> || on a bindweed flower in my yard:
> ||
> || http://tinypic.com/211syuw.jpg
> ||
> || This seems to happen every few years?
>
> Oh no, first it is man-eating walking sticks, now its killer
> butterflies. :-)

<snicker>
--
Peace!
Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch"
-- Jack Nicholson

[cat daddy]

"OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "cat daddy" > wrote:
>
> > "OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Is anyone else experiencing another great butterfly migration???
> > > I'm trying not to duck, but they to startle me a bit when 6 or 8 of
them
> > > fly at me at once! <lol>
> > >
> > > Not sure what species, but here is a small one taking a break on a
> > > bindweed flower in my yard:
> > >
> > > http://tinypic.com/211syuw.jpg
> > >
> > > This seems to happen every few years?
> >
> > In Texas, Conditions Lead to a Rabble of Butterflies
> > http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/27/us/27butterflies.html?th&emc=th
> >
> > "South Texas is under siege from swarms of airborne migrants: tens of
> > millions of Libytheana bachmanii larvata — snout butterflies to y’all —
> > along with Kricogonia lysides, or yellow sulfurs, that have taken
advantage
> > of an unusual drought-and-deluge cycle to breed in spectacular if not
record
> > profusion.
> >
> > ...the butterfly proliferation had been set off by drought conditions
> > that decimated the caterpillar’s natural predators, followed by
drenching
> > rains that prompted hackberry trees to put out green shoots, quickly
> > attracting the egg-laying caterpillars that could briefly thrive without
> > enemies."
>
> Oh! Cool! :-)
>
> This seems to happen every few years. It's kinda neat even tho' I'm not
> overly fond of droughts.

I'm thrilled to discover that something eats hackberry trees......

[OmManiPadmeOmelet[_2_]]

In article >,
"cat daddy" > wrote:

> "OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
> ...
> > In article >,
> > "cat daddy" > wrote:
> >
> > > "OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
> > > ...
> > > > Is anyone else experiencing another great butterfly migration???
> > > > I'm trying not to duck, but they to startle me a bit when 6 or 8 of
> them
> > > > fly at me at once! <lol>
> > > >
> > > > Not sure what species, but here is a small one taking a break on a
> > > > bindweed flower in my yard:
> > > >
> > > > http://tinypic.com/211syuw.jpg
> > > >
> > > > This seems to happen every few years?
> > >
> > > In Texas, Conditions Lead to a Rabble of Butterflies
> > > http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/27/us/27butterflies.html?th&emc=th
> > >
> > > "South Texas is under siege from swarms of airborne migrants: tens of
> > > millions of Libytheana bachmanii larvata — snout butterflies to y’all —
> > > along with Kricogonia lysides, or yellow sulfurs, that have taken
> advantage
> > > of an unusual drought-and-deluge cycle to breed in spectacular if not
> record
> > > profusion.
> > >
> > > ...the butterfly proliferation had been set off by drought conditions
> > > that decimated the caterpillar’s natural predators, followed by
> drenching
> > > rains that prompted hackberry trees to put out green shoots, quickly
> > > attracting the egg-laying caterpillars that could briefly thrive without
> > > enemies."
> >
> > Oh! Cool! :-)
> >
> > This seems to happen every few years. It's kinda neat even tho' I'm not
> > overly fond of droughts.
>
> I'm thrilled to discover that something eats hackberry trees......

<snicker>
I know what you mean.......
--
Peace!
Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch"
-- Jack Nicholson

[James Lee Johnson]

>> OmManiPadmeOmelet > wrote:
>> || Not sure what species, but here is a small one taking a break
>> || on a bindweed flower in my yard:
>> ||
>> || http://tinypic.com/211syuw.jpg

Om, is that butterfly more orange than it appears to be in the picture?

Does it look anything like this?
http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=1893

I saw some burnt orange butterflys in a private garden in Lakeway on
Wednesday. I thought maybe they were snouts but I can't find any pictures
of snouts that are the same pattern. A distinct feature I noticed is the
upperside of the hindwings of the butterflies seemed mostly orange, whereas
the underside of the hindwings had prominent black veins.

I thought them too small to be Queen butterflys. However, the above site
indicates the Queen butterfly wingspan can range from 2 5/8 to 3 7/8
inches. So Queen butterflies CAN be smaller than I thought. I've not found
any other pictures that looked more similar than the Queen butterflies in
the above reference. Even the patterning of the white dots is similar to the
butterflys I saw.

j jhnsn

[OmManiPadmeOmelet[_2_]]

In article >,
"James Lee Johnson" > wrote:

> >> OmManiPadmeOmelet > wrote:
> >> || Not sure what species, but here is a small one taking a break
> >> || on a bindweed flower in my yard:
> >> ||
> >> || http://tinypic.com/211syuw.jpg
>
> Om, is that butterfly more orange than it appears to be in the picture?

Yes, when it's wings are spread. ;-)
You know how that goes!

>
> Does it look anything like this?
> http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=1893

No, that one is way larger.
That blossom is only about 1" in diameter.

Funny, the swarms are pretty well gone, except for only asiatic jasmine
and my grape vines! They swarmed me in the back yard this morning when I
was hand watering. <G> They were thirsty as hell it seems. Poor things!
We need rain....

>
> I saw some burnt orange butterflys in a private garden in Lakeway on
> Wednesday. I thought maybe they were snouts but I can't find any pictures
> of snouts that are the same pattern. A distinct feature I noticed is the
> upperside of the hindwings of the butterflies seemed mostly orange, whereas
> the underside of the hindwings had prominent black veins.

These are pretty tiny, maybe 1" in length at most. I keep finding dead
ones now covered in ants. :-(

>
> I thought them too small to be Queen butterflys. However, the above site
> indicates the Queen butterfly wingspan can range from 2 5/8 to 3 7/8
> inches. So Queen butterflies CAN be smaller than I thought. I've not found
> any other pictures that looked more similar than the Queen butterflies in
> the above reference. Even the patterning of the white dots is similar to the
> butterflys I saw.
>
> j jhnsn

These are pretty tiny. I think the earlier identification of some type
of skipper was accurate.

Thanks!
--
Peace!
Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch"
-- Jack Nicholson

[James Lee Johnson]

"OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote:
> No, that one is way larger.
> That blossom is only about 1" in diameter.

Wow, that one is tiny. The orange butterflies I saw in Lakeway had about a
2" wingspan, which is why I didn't believe they could be Queen butterflys.
None of the skippers in the book we had looked the same.

j jhnsn

[OmManiPadmeOmelet[_2_]]

In article >,
"James Lee Johnson" > wrote:

> "OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote:
> > No, that one is way larger.
> > That blossom is only about 1" in diameter.
>
> Wow, that one is tiny. The orange butterflies I saw in Lakeway had about a
> 2" wingspan, which is why I didn't believe they could be Queen butterflys.
> None of the skippers in the book we had looked the same.
>
> j jhnsn

I dunno what exactly they are... :-)
The Order Lepidoptera contains oh so many families etc. <G>

There are hundreds currently competing for water in the yard. We just
strung a new soaker hose in the herb garden.

Poor little things!

I'm enjoying them tho' but I wish I had more flowers.

I'm going to go to the store in the morning and pick up some fresh fruit
and put out some butterfly feeders. I feel sorry for them.
--
Peace!
Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch"
-- Jack Nicholson