TENNESSEE

June 23, 2007 Tennessee. This was a return trip after having been here on June 18th. Arriving around 11 am I again was greeted by a female. No females seen from that point on until later afternoon. My son Brian was with me on this trip.


Males were again plentiful and liked to dart at my son’s bright blue hat. We at first were not sure why but believe they were attracted to its color like the blue females. Several of them even tried to come in through the car window at it. If anything this was a hotter day than the trip before. It was sweltering along this dirt mountain road and no real place to get relief.




Male on Butterfly Weed.

Several dozen males were seen on this trip and more females than the June 18th trip. They started showing up around 4 pm as before, 8 females in all were observed on this trip. Very very wary and most difficult to catch we did get both after much hard work.

Males nectaring on common Milkweed

Harry Dale King

June 23, 2007