Never imagined innocent, beautiful butterflies Would ever have predators.
To my dismay, learned butterflies are on many predator’s hit lists:
Warblers, sparrows, parrots, blue jays northern mockingbirds black-headed grosbeaks, whatever those are.
Insects are also complicit in the slaughter of butterflies:
Ants, flies, wasps, praying mantises, dragonflies and more.
God Almighty, why couldn’t beautiful butterflies that dance in the air and kill nothing live in peace?
Why couldn’t these gentle creatures that survive on flower nectar and decaying fruit and are so adorably colorful and seemingly sweet be spared lives without being constantly hunted and killed by malicious predators?
Maybe it’s foolishness, maybe I’m being over sensitive, but it disturbs me deeply that gentle and beautiful butterflies have so many predators that mercilessly kill them.
Bob Boyd