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Post by livingplanet3 on May 10, 2022 13:15:13 GMT -8
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Post by trehopr1 on May 10, 2022 14:22:08 GMT -8
Those are really wild and they are as rare as hens teeth !
Our forum member mothman55 has actually collected one and uses the photo as his avatar.
Another of our forum members (Eurytides) lives in the general region where these may be seen but, I don't know that he has ever seen or encountered one...
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Post by eurytides on May 10, 2022 18:22:10 GMT -8
Never seen one in real life. I could probably cold shock some pupae and produce these, but that feels like “cheating.”
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Post by trehopr1 on May 10, 2022 19:30:10 GMT -8
Indeed, cheating would only water down the exclusivity of finding the real "natural" McCoy on your own...
One of those "one in a million" captures moments in life.
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Post by livingplanet3 on May 10, 2022 19:57:02 GMT -8
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Post by trehopr1 on May 10, 2022 20:04:28 GMT -8
Thank you for posting that picture livingplanet3 !
I don't recall you having posted it before and I have certainly never seen a rutulus in that same "unique" aberrrant condition.
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Post by livingplanet3 on May 12, 2022 13:15:44 GMT -8
Thank you for posting that picture livingplanet3 ! I don't recall you having posted it before and I have certainly never seen a rutulus in that same "unique" aberrrant condition. Yes, it's quite a spectacular specimen. I haven't seen as many examples of aberrant rutulus as canadensis. Also, aberrant multicaudata seem to be similarly rare - www.butterfliesandmoths.org/sighting_details/1302540 |
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