Pronuba in Western Canada

[Chris Raper]

On Sun, 30 Jul 2000 18:19:58 -0600, "Gary Anweiler  Edmonton Alberta
Canada" <gganweiler at sprint.ca> wrote:

>The last notable exotic Lep to arrive here (about 10 years ago) was the
>Satin Moth (Leucoma salicis) which very rapidly reached pest status 

Mmm - I fully understand - a few aquatic 'exotics' have been released
over here - both plants and animals - and they have been a terrible
problem.

>exotics (i.e. Xestia xanthographa; Apamea ophiogramma etc. ) have arrived on
>our shores and caused no problems to date that I am aware of.  

I still like the sound of someone calling the 'Square-spot Rustic' an
exotic :-)

>I will extend pronuba a cautious welcome 

Well, there's not much anyone can do about it now anyway! :-)

Best wishes,
Chris R.