Mistake you only make once!
This entry was posted on 28 June 2007 by mon@rch. It was filed under bugs, Butterflies and was tagged with discovery.
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Bummer, that’s so sad. It’s not your truck, right?
28 June 2007 at 5:24 pm
Ouch. Sad.
28 June 2007 at 6:32 pm
Bummer. When we had the Painted Ladies migrating through, I was so worried that I would hit one. But . . . better that that swerving into a redwood and killing myself, I have to say.
28 June 2007 at 9:28 pm
I don’t know – I found myself in that position once, and lived to tell about it. okay, maybe not… but it could happen!! Sucks to see such a beautiful butterfly buy it like that.
29 June 2007 at 9:55 am
Still beautiful – even amidst the carnage. Not many of us would perish so gracefully on a car grill.
29 June 2007 at 9:37 pm
That’s a shame-I remember watching thousands of monarchs fly by during migration and wondering how many actually make it.
30 June 2007 at 6:36 pm
What a waste of beauty. Awww…..
30 June 2007 at 11:46 pm
I always hate it when I find a huge butterfly in the car grille too. If I’m driving, I still try to swerve to avoid them (spouse thinks I’m just a bad driver).
2 July 2007 at 7:08 am
@ Nature Woman – Not my truck!
@ NatureShutterbug – perfectly said!
@ Liz – they can get into positions like this also! I am glad you didn’t do any swerving!
@ Marty – sure hope you were not in that position!
@ Cathy – They are great butterflies for sure!
@ Larry – I have found monarch’s on the ground! I have seen them go up, over my car and whack on the ground!
@ Mary – they are great but not like this! ugg,
@ Ruthie – Guess it is better than on the antenna!! I have seen many birds picking the bugs off cars for food!
Thanks everyone and thought this was something different!
2 July 2007 at 12:01 pm