Thanks, Jack and John. I think you are correct, John. All the generations seem to be short-lived, except the one that makes the great migration. One of the things on my bucket list, right after the polar bears of Churchill, is the Monarch gathering in Mexico.
Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 2:09 PM, John <[email protected]> wrote: > On 9/22/2015 12:17 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >> >> This weekend, the monarchs returned to our butterfly bushes. They >> seem to be darker orange than those that visited here earlier in the >> year, which seemed more yellowish than white, especially at midday. I >> wonder if it is age or diet or just different lighting that make the >> apparent colors vary. >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18092952 >> K-5 II S, FA 100mm 2.8 macro >> >> Comments are invited. >> >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> > > ... or perhaps D: all or the above. > > According to Wikipedia, 5 generations separate the Monarchs that migrate > north from Mexico in the spring and those that return there in the fall. > > I'm guessing you saw second generation Monarchs last spring and these > are third or fourth generation Monarchs returning south. > > -- > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > Religion - Answers we must never question. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
