Stop Please

[Hugh McGuinness]

I know Leps-list is supposed to mimic the wild west, but can we stop this
non-productive commentary about Monarch Watch and get back to the biology of
Leps? Here are some threads I'd personally love to see discussed:

1. Anybody have some really exciting finds this past season?
2. Anybody noting any range expansions?
3. Anybody find any new exotic species this season?
4. Any undescribed species uncovered in your neck of the woods?

I'll start:

In July I found Eacles imperialis at Montauk Long Island (NY) for only the
second time ever away from Shelter Island, where the species still thrives.
A little later in the month I also found 3 Citheronia regalis at Montauk,
the first time I have ever had multiple individuals on Long Island. This
species also only occurs on Shelter Island and at Montauk. For both of these
species, I believe that these populations are the only ones that remain in
the state, although Eacles may hang on in the Adirondacks.

Here's my question. Shelter Island is an island and Montauk is island-like
being separated from the rest of Long Island by the open and scrubby
Napeague isthmus. All of the other Saturniidae are more abundant in these
two places than on the rest of LI. This has caused me to speculate that
perhaps Saturniids persist here because of freedom from parasitoids,
particularly from Compsilura. So my question is this: are there other
islands on which Saturniids show increased abundance? And, is there any data
about islands (or specific habitats) that offer relief from parasitoid loads
in Saturniids?

Hugh


On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman at hotmail.com>wrote:

>
> I don't know if Monarch Watch is an up and up conservation/environmental
> organization or not but it is true that many so-called environmental
> organizations are basically just liberal democratic party lobbying groups
> with a top concern of providing good jobs for their staff. That becomes
> pretty obvious when you look at the refusal of "environmental" groups such
> as the Sierra Club, The Wilderness Society, the National Wildlife
> Federation, and the League of Conservation Voters to advocate the control of
> human population growth in the United States. Liberal Democratic Elites,
> their patrons, would not like then doing that.
>
> Roger Kuhlman
> Ann Arbor, Michigan
>
> > Subject: Re: [DPLEX-L:41884] MONARCH WATCH ANNOUNCES BRING BACK THE
> > MONARCHS CAMPAIGN
> >
> > On 27/10/2010 20:11, Grkovich, Alex wrote:
> > Send money, right?
> >
> > Not a chance...
> >
> > What is the matter Alex? Been sniffing the anaesthetic again? :-)
> >
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Hugh McGuinness
The Ross School
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East Hampton, NY 11937
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