David, Two spread-winged skippers known as flats are frequently found within culverts and sometimes in caves...
They range from south Texas to Costs Rica. Stallings' Flat (Celaenorrhinus stallingsi) Fritzgaertner's Flat (Celaenorrhinus fritzgaertneri) http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabast/fritzgaertneri.html Mike Quinn, TPWD, Austin -----Original Message----- From: David Locklear [mailto:dlocklea...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 10:52 PM To: Texas Cavers Subject: [Texascavers] OT - the monarch butterfly and Mexico The monarch butterfly is in the news again. I think protecting the butterfly is in the best interest of cavers and caving. For example, I am almost certain that the migration path includes a pitstop for a day or 2 at Grutas de Carrizal in Nuevo Leon just east of the town of Candela. Maybe a caver could document that or some other karst area where they stop along the way to rest. I believe that the area around the Nacimiento de Rio Sabinas and high above there near the famous cave of Joya de Salas is most certainly another place. And high above the town of Gomez Farias there are probably areas where they are known to stop. Do bats eat them? If so, that could be another opportunity for a caver to do some investigating. I have never seen a butterfly in the twilight zone of a cave. Are they a speleo-phobic species? David Locklear --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
