Government views Monarch Butterfly Releases as a threat to Western Milkweeds

Stan Gorodenski stanlep at extremezone.com
Fri Dec 7 19:40:24 EST 2001


Another example of the consequences of habitat destruction from
overpopulation, and the values of many in our society that reflect no
appreciation for 'nature'?  

James Kruse wrote:
> 
> on 12/7/01 8:14 AM, Paul Cherubini at monarch at saber.net wrote:
> 
> > that some scientists are urging that new research studies need to be
> > carried out to determine whether or not monarchs actually constitute a
> > threat to long lived perennial milkweeds.
> >
> > Example:
> >
> > Prof. O.R. (Chip) Taylor offered the following comments yesturday
> > on dplex-l:
> >
> > Does herbivory by monarch larvae, if it occurs, actually constitute a
> > threat to long lived perennial milkweeds? "
> 
> Well, if we have to start spraying pesticides against the dreaded "monarch
> threat" to protect milkweed... then the whole Bt corn pollen flap is a
> non-issue! Soon we will all starve when farmers can no longer plow fields
> with milkweed interspersed with the crops - hey, now there's an answer to
> the overpopulation problem!
> 
> James J. Kruse, Ph.D.
> Curator of Entomology
> University of Alaska Museum
> 907 Yukon Drive
> Fairbanks, AK, USA 99775-6960
> tel 907.474.5579
> fax 907.474.1987
> http://www.uaf.edu/museum/ento
> 
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