Fw: Monarch problems

[wfbosse]

  Her is a note posted on ctLeps yesterday. A few hours later the same note was posted word for word to Buttefly Ass of RI by Arthur Plitt as his own. Sounds unetical. Walter Bosse
have been raising and releasing Monarchs for years for the sheer joy of watching the process. Occasionally in the past I would have a chrysalis that was deformed in some way but not often. This year almost half of the 20 monarchs I have raised have failed to pupate successfully. I have collected milkweed from 'clean' meadows as far as I can tell.
Is anyone else noticing problems? I would be interested to know.

From: Banjie Getsinger 
To: Connecticut Butterfly Assoc Lepidoptera List 
Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 8:34 AM
Subject: Monarch problems


I have been raising and releasing Monarchs for years for the sheer joy of watching the process. Occasionally in the past I would have a chrysalis that was deformed in some way but not often. This year almost half of the 20 monarchs I have raised have failed to pupate successfully. I have collected milkweed from 'clean' meadows as far as I can tell.
Is anyone else noticing problems? I would be interested to know.
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