Monarchs and Monoculture in southern Michigan

[Paul Cherubini]

Roger Kuhlman wrote:
> 
> The main point of what I had to say was that where agricultural monocultures
> existed in southeast Michigan presumingly developed with the most advanced
> technological means there were no milkweeds and no Monarchs except perhaps a
> fly-by Monarch now and then. From that observation I think it is reasonable
> to infer that the Summer Monarch population in our area would face great
> difficulties if all agricultural lands adopted these practices.

And my experiece has been exactly the opposite: that the most abundant
summer breeding populations of monarchs (& Painted Ladies )
in the whole USA - are found where there are the most concentrated, 
intensive monocultures of transgenic corn and soybeans (southern Minnesota 
an Iowa and surrounding states).

Paul Cherubini

 
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