Flying High: An Adventure in the Alpine Tundra of Colorado

摘要

The pursuit of butterflies not only promises the prospect of observing, photographing, drawing, or collecting unfamiliar species, but also exposes us to new habitats—and sometimes, a new country and culture as well. As a nascent graduate student in Louisiana, I was guided by H.B.D. Kettlewell's 1963 presidential address to The Lepidop'terists' Society. There he proclaimed: "Heaven help the scientist who, using butterflies for science alone, fails to appreciate their beauty and to take advantage of the wonderful places into which they lead us."