Monarch die-off at the San Andres overwintering colony - up date

[Chip Taylor]

www.cnn.com is running an update on the recent Monarch die-off at the 
San Andres overwintering colony in Mexico. The article presents a 
chronology of events that led to the presumption that the monarchs 
had been sprayed at this location. Included  are comments from local 
officials, monarch specialists in Mexico as well as  Lincoln Brower 
and Monica Missrie. The new interpretation ascribes the die-off to a 
combination of forest degradation and exposure of the colony to low 
temperatures.

To find this article go to www.cnn.com
click on sci-tech [left hand menu]
go to bottom and see features list "What Killed Mexico's Monarch Butterflies".

Chip Taylor

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