X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,1e10e7a273e4c2b7 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-03-02 16:12:56 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.alt.net!usenet From: Emil Nitrate Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: [PIC] Anthrocharis Cardamines I. (f) - Pieridae (Usa) Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2003 19:12:40 -0500 Organization: "ANI Dis,, Inc. Lines: 16 Message-ID: <3e629cca.37304281@pita.alt.net> References: <0b146v0opd6pajeceus5j3205v0pfmeemc@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:22085 In message Faux_Pseudo wrote: > _.--- lgbeard spoke in alt.ascii-art --------._ >> Spent the rest of the day there just watching them slowly learning >> how to flutter and fly. Went back the next day most had already >> left to where ever they where headed to. One of the best treats >> I came across. Monarchs they were. > >For about 3 days a year parts of San Diego get covered in Monarch >corpses. After you saw them they head off and die within a week. >I would loved to have seen what you saw. I only get the other end. Monarchs live much longer then a week after they've emerged. Some of them undertake journeys of thousands of miles in the fall, and then return in the spring.