Mariposa Machismo

Mariposa Machismo StatementArtist: Sabra BoothWeb Portfolio: home.earthlink.net/~sabraboothMariposa Machismo is a project involving the butterfly phenomena that occurred in South Texas in the summer and fall of 2006. The multitude of brown snout-nosed butterflies was generated by the unusual climate circumstances of extreme drought followed by torrential rains. Global warming was most likely a contributing factor. Curiously, 95% of them were male.1 It\\\'s ironic in a state that does not exactly support alternative lifestyles2; millions of male butterflies were flitting and flirting everywhere. The term