Introduction of Black Hairstreak

[Neil Jones]

In article <01be7f0d$078658a0$33e11ac3 at e5q5n1>
           venters at iinteralpha.co.uk "Nigel" writes:

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> Quino15 at aol.com wrote in article <4537ceea.2439355a at aol.com>...
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> I don't think we are talking in the same league as African honey bee or
> Gipsy moth here!
> (By the way did you know the Gipsy moth used to be a UK resident? It became
> extict here without any effort by man to help it on it's way! It's a funny
> old World isn't it?)
> Nigel

The available evidence suggests that the UK race of the Gipsy Moth was adapted
specifically to a fenland habitat. The destruction of most of this habitat
was probably what precipitated its demise.
 

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"At some point I had to stand up and be counted. Who speaks for the
butterflies?" Andrew Lees - The quotation on his memorial at Crymlyn Bog
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