South Africa butterfly hunters: A rare breed
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 - 14:20
in Biology & Nature
The leader of the net-toting group is Mark Williams, who has traveled widely, fending off baboons and dodging hippos and snakes, in search of his obsession.JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Mark Williams was out with his butterfly net in his favorite South African mountain range when a flutter of gray-blue wings sailed by. They were almost as small and nondescript as the other gray-blue butterflies drifting past.