Whats wrong with this picture.

[Anthony Cynor]

http://www.monarchwatch.org

This should answer any questions.

Tony

Robert Kriegel wrote:

> Dear Leps-L members,
>
> Am I crazy (wait -- that's another topic) or is there something in conflict
> with these two statements.
>
> 1.  Both NABA and the Lep Society have been trying very hard to stop the
> releasing of butterflies at ceremonies.  It is a well intended but
> potentially detrimental practice.
>
> 2.  The Department of Entomology at the University of Kansas, for example,
> sells thousands of monarch caterpillars to schools around the eastern half
> of the nation every year. They even sell monarch breeding stock to more
> than half a dozen commercial monarch breeders each spring -- companies who
> in turn breed and sell the butterflies for release at ceremonial or
> memorial events.
>
> Is there someone on this list from U of K who can confirm or deny #2?
>
> As a member of Lep Soc I am very concerned if a university Entomology Dept.
> is involved in the large scale commercial sale of native butterflies.
> Particularly since this practice is in direct conflict with current efforts
> by the two largest Lep societies in the U.S.
>
> Bob Kriegel  <kriegelr at pilot.msu.edu>
> Dept of Entomology
> Michigan State University