2017 June 15

 

   Jeremy Tatum writes:

 

   I see that the Sussex (England) butterfly site gave a link to our site on their May 27 posting.  We should therefore return the compliment and give a link to their great site:

www.sussex-butterflies.org.uk/sightings/

 

    Re the Monarch reported by Devon Parker (see June 14 morning posting), I made enquiries as to whether they are kept at Butterfly Gardens.  Kurtis Herperger tells me that they are not.  He agrees with me that local sightings could possibly be genuine wild butterflies, but that such sightings are always suspect because of the wedding release industry.  He also notes that school classroom releases are moving away from Painted Ladies towards Monarchs.

 

   A rainy day today – so no photographs.