Big Oil, Chemical & Farm Machinery companies provide superb Monarch Butterfly Breeding Habitat

Ron Gatrelle gatrelle at tils-ttr.org
Fri Aug 16 17:50:18 EDT 2002


----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Foley" <patfoley at csus.edu>
To: <monarch at saber.net>
Cc: <leps-l at lists.yale.edu>; <TILS-leps-talk at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 5:03 PM
Subject: Re: Big Oil, Chemical & Farm Machinery companies provide superb
Monarch Butterfly Breeding Habitat


> Hi Lepsters,
>
> I just got back from fieldwork in the Yucatan, and I can see that here in
> the USA our brains are spinning along just as merrily as ever.
>
> Although I hate to spoil the brainless fun, it is worth remembering that
> Monarchs are just one species of animal. Thousands of animals and plants
> are not generalist exploiters of disturbed habitats, and they might have
> voted for something other than the conversion of the NA Midwest to corn
> fields.
>
> But you knew that already, right?

Just ask Satyrodes eurydice fumosa, Euphyes bimacula illinois, Hesperia
dacotae, Boloria slene nebraskensis, and Speyeria idalia.



 
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