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Old 09-13-2016, 03:45 PM
 
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Im based in Helotes and on NW side most of the day. Whats with the massive swarm of butterflies everywhere?
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Old 09-13-2016, 03:50 PM
 
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They are getting as far away from this election as possible.

It's that time of year for the migration south...winter is coming, believe it or not.
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Old 09-13-2016, 03:56 PM
 
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i just googled it. Interesting, this is from the kens5 website:

"You might have already met the snout nose butterfly and not know it. They arrived in mass in South Texas a few days ago, taking over neighborhoods and flooding roads all over the northwest side.

The University of Texas at San Antonio butterfly expert Tyler Seiboldt said the weather has been perfect for swarms of them to stop in San Antonio. A summer drought killed off its natural predators.

In the last few weeks, rain in the San Antonio area gave birth to an ample source of snout nose butterfly food.

“The hackberry plant which is really their host plant, they use for reproduction a lot of the time, is really driving their movement through the City of San Antonio,” Seiboldt said."
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Old 09-13-2016, 04:06 PM
 
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LOL, and I don't blame them Snoutnose butterflies for migrating away from San Antonio during this election. These Butterfles will all migrate back here however, in order to vote to vote in November.
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They are getting as far away from this election as possible.

It's that time of year for the migration south...winter is coming, believe it or not.
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Old 09-14-2016, 03:43 AM
 
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I'm killing a lot of them with my car I know that. My experience has been that they are more concentrated in Stone Oak.
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Old 09-14-2016, 05:26 AM
 
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Playing tennis on the N.E. side the other day.
Had to make sure my mouth was shut.
Swarms of them flying by the courts heading towards the east mostly.
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Old 09-14-2016, 11:49 AM
 
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It is neat to watch birds land on the grills of trucks and pick off the bodies. Smart birds.
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