Swallowtails in New York c1950s

[Paul Cherubini]

Michael Gochfeld wrote:
> 
> I wrote a short note on the disappearance of swallowtails in northern
> Westchester which coincided with the intensive suburban mosquito
> spraying of the early 1950's.

A butterfly enthusiast from Florida wrote the following today:

Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 11:52:25 EDT
Reply-to: dplex-l at raven.cc.ku.edu
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Subject: Re: Staying in Tallahassee

The local governments are spraying down here too, but I believe they 
are using pyrethrums (SP?) or something closely related. The threat of West 
Nile virus is very real, especially in the Panhandle where I believe someone 
has died from it. There is also a large horse population at this end of the 
state, and they are also susceptible to it. My husband uses a fogger, 
and I think it has knocked down quite a good percentage of the mosquitos, and 
our lovely squadrons of dragonflies are handling the rest. So far, I 
haven't seen any impact on the triangle zebras or giant sulfurs or Queens...

Sue Lang
Palm Beach Gardens, FL

 
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