Red Admirals on track

Ron Gatrelle gatrelle at tils-ttr.org
Thu May 17 01:41:38 EDT 2001


Sometimes those who know the least ask the best (ouch) questions.
RG
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stanley A. Gorodenski" <stanlep at extremezone.com>
To: <leps-l at lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 1:05 AM
Subject: Re: Red Admirals on track


> Is it possible that at the point in time when they said "Shipping Red
> Admirals, is particularly inappropriate because they are not naturally
> found over much of the United States" that the red admiral was not
> naturally found over much of the united states?  If this statement is
> many years old (and is being used by NABA now because it supports their
> cause) and made before the widespread shipping of red admirals started
> being common (is this true?), it would have the 'appearance' of being a
> scientifically inaccurate statement if it now occur over much of the
> united states because of the extensive (?) shipping that may have taken
> place after they made their statement.
>
> I don't know much about this subject, i.e., the red admiral, its
> importance to human social life, its distribution, and the NABA
> article.  Am I misinterpreting these statements and going off in the
> wrong direction?  This is just a thought I have.
>
> Stan
>
>
> Paul Cherubini wrote:
> >
> > 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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