Glassberg tells reporters collectors "cou...

[Rudy Benavides]

forwarding to the list..........rudy

>From: "Chris J. Durden" <drdn at mail.utexas.edu>
>To: rbenavid at hotmail.com
>Subject: Re:  Glassberg tells reporters collectors  "cou...
>Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 17:03:28 -0600
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>Does anyone know what happened to Jack Dempwolf. It was his father who, in
>1959, rediscovered  the first *atala* in 1959 on "Coontie" outside his
>motel room. Do we know for sure that this was not a 1958 recolonization
>from Cuba?
>...............Chris Durden
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>At 12:48 PM 1/10/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>>This (the atala) is what I was reminded of when I first read the Miami
>>Blue post.
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>>[The atala is our largest and most spectacular eastern U.S. hairstreak.
>>Due to decline in abundance of its host plant, coontie, because of
>>over-harvest (as a source of starch) and habitat destruction due to
>>development, the atala was believed to have become extinct. It was not
>>collected in Florida from 1937 until 1959. The atala is now common locally
>>in southeast Florida probably as a result of the popularity of its host
>>plant as a landscape ornamental. In fact, it is now occasionally
>>considered a pest in ornamental plant nurseries.] From...
>>http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/bfly/atala_hairstreak.htm
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>>With proper education and restoration it survived.
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>>Rudy
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Rudy Benavides
Randallstown, Baltimore County
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