The Monarch

[Paul Cherubini]

Bob Parcelles,Jr. wrote:

> Plenty of nonmountain timber in Mexico to be harvested as
> well as montane areas the Monarchs do not use.

Yes there is plenty of timber below the altitude where the
monarchs overwinter, but the American scientists scream
bloody murder if any of it is cut down by the local people
to grow crops
http://www.saber.net/~monarch/kurt1.JPG

Indeed, the monarchs swarm to these exact same agricultural
clearings in late winter
http://www.saber.net/~monarch/kurt2.JPG where they find
abundant nectar and drinking water.

Is clear cut logging sometimes good for monarchs?  What do
you think these butterflies
http://www.saber.net/~monarch/kurt2.JPG would say?

Paul Cherubini

 
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