Red Admirals on track

[Patrick Foley]

They make such incorrect statements accidentally, I suspect. Paul Cherubini
leaves out the other species in that sentence, and I think that the Red Admiral
got smuggled in accidentally. So send them a direct message, Paul, to fix their
mistake. That is the way science works. It does not work by secret-agenda,
closed-room efforts to subvert all that is great about America and Canada. Those
efforts take place elsewhere.

Yours scientifically and proud of it,
Patrick Foley
patfoley at csus.edu

"Kondla, Norbert FOR:EX" wrote:

> Why indeed do people make such incorrect statements as referenced by Paul in
> the note below ?? Only the people who make such statements know for sure.
> The rest of us can only try to construct a plausible explanation. My disgust
> with the baseless hysteria about butterfly releases is a matter of public
> record. I would be happy to reconsider my view if presented with some
> evidence/science. My best guess to explain interesting and incorrect
> statements is that even people paid to do science (paid with tax dollars
> from folks who earn a living from natural resources) are fallible human
> beings who also have personal values and agendas . They are of course
> perfectly welcome to pursue their agendas and values and to make incorrect
> statements. PS. the red admiral naturally finds its way to even northern
> Canada. I have no books in front of me but I do recall finding one at about
> 59 degrees north latitude in extreme northern British Columbia
> double PS. I have not seen any red admirals yet this season in southern
> British Columbia but this is definitely an invasion year here for the
> Vanessa cardui.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Cherubini [mailto:monarch at saber.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 9:03 AM
> To: leps-l at lists.yale.edu
> Subject: Re: Red Admirals on track
>
> Martha Rosett Lutz wrote:
>
> > Do Red Admirals like Gatorade?  Would they get any important nutrients
> from
> > it?
>
> Yes, commercial butterfly farmers commonly use Gatorade to feed the
> butterflies
> prior to shipping them off to brides. Speaking of butterfly releases,
> the recent reports of large northward movements of Red Admirals in the
> southern, central and northern USA plus into southern Canada reminds
> me of a curious statement on the NABA website about releases
> authored by Paul Opler, Bob Pyle, Jeff Glassberg, and Jim Tuttle
> These authors wrote:
>
> "Shipping Red Admirals, is particularly inappropriate
> because they are not naturally found over much of the United States."
>
> These scientists are at the top of their field so why do they make
> statements
> like this?
>
> Paul Cherubini
>
>
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