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in years past i always remember hundreds of butterflies around christmas time. sadly i remember peter desjardins once in his weekly column referring to them as"our christmas snow flurries". i haven't seen any this year or last. any one know of any reasons why? just curious and i kind of miss them. ps happy new year to all!
Posted : January 2, 2012 4:28 pm
these white butterflys are cabbage loppers. The go through cycles of a large hatch then taper off for a few years. Because of all the rain I think the cycle must be late or this will be an off year for them.
Posted : January 2, 2012 7:43 pm
After many years of living in "country" in Smith Bay STT where the whites regularly appeared, I recently moved just a few miles away to the North side and was enchanted on first moving to be heralded with scads of yellow butterflies with brown stripes which I'd never seen before. They're all gone now but it's fascinating to see how different species come and go and how many seemingly "disappear" for several years only to return when nature's cycle dictates.
Posted : January 2, 2012 8:21 pm