Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 246, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1919 — HOW BUTTERFLIES CROSS SEA [ARTICLE]

HOW BUTTERFLIES CROSS SEA

t~>pli rata rLceaUirfeS &uffer- Ouri«a.-VpA«?: age, but Mdlions of Them Make Passage in Safety. The most wonderful of ocean flyers are the butterflies which cross the _ocvnn in .the spring. . Xsuuralists tell us that one of the most amazing sight* in the world Is to see millions of these delicate creatures, like a cloud of tiny pieces of paper, flying across the channel from the continent to English shores, when the wind is -favorable. Their stamina and enduranee are extraordinary, and although some fall exhausted into the sea, the bulk make a successful crossing. , The butterfly mrftiy"of Xnvasldnugenesafiy Ineludes m-tiiv h,''inr iT ''* ; .v>. iiuijL}is. antl fts-ffff-illustra-tion of their* powers of endurance it might he mentioned 'many buP sel.- 200 miles at sea. . The farthest authenticated . distance at which, a moth has been captured at sea was recorded by a well-known scientist eight years ago. who took specimens of a eertaigt large moth 1,200 miles from the nearest possible land. —Tendon T+r-BitS. - ■