To describe my lifelong fascination with flight and with creatures that fly I like to echo the words of John James Audubon who in 1839 wrote of himself as "...one who never can cease to admire and to study with zeal and the most heartfelt reverence, the wonderful productions of an Almighty Creator."
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Western Tiger Swallowtail on teasel
This morning near the Willamette River, here in Yamhill Co., the butterflies were putting on a show. I had never before noticed Western Tiger Swallowtails "nectaring" on Common Teasel blossoms, but today there were several. When a native species gets some benefit from an introduced plant, it somehow makes the introduction seem not so bad. The Teasel, I understand, was used in the textile industry for "teasing" wool during the manufacturing process. and was brought here from Europe.
This morning near the Willamette River, here in Yamhill Co., the butterflies were putting on a show. I had never before noticed Western Tiger Swallowtails "nectaring" on Common Teasel blossoms, but today there were several. When a native species gets some benefit from an introduced plant, it somehow makes the introduction seem not so bad. The Teasel, I understand, was used in the textile industry for "teasing" wool during the manufacturing process. and was brought here from Europe.
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