AW: [meteorite-list] Lepidopterist

[Michael L Blood]

Doug,
        Lepidopterist? I had no idea you made eye glasses for leopards.
        Michael



on 3/7/06 10:50 AM, MexicoDoug at aol.com at MexicoDoug at aol.com wrote:

> Martin A. writes:
> 
> << I'm not a lepidopterologist, >>
> 
> Hola Martin believe it or not, I am an Lepidopterist, well at least an
> amateur for many years !
> 
> Your suggestion is also what I immediately thought when I saw the subject in
> my emails.  I don't have time at the moment to look into this, but if anyone
> has some time, during peaks in the population of Painted Lady butterflies
> (_Vanessa cardui_) red rains have appeared and been harbingers of things to
> come in 
> the typical scaring peasants routine like comets, in history on several
> ocassions, as a matter of fact...so wherever this red rain has appeared (I
> haven't 
> been following the thread),it would be easy to check to see if it coincides
> with a population spike and new brood of cardui's.  The Painted Lady is one of
> the few butterflies with nearly a worldwide distribution and seemingly
> migration runs en masse.  For this reason, in the US it has been used in
> releases in 
> weddings (instead of throwing rice:)).  The is a contingent of ecologists that
> oppose this due to claimed changes in local gene pools (mostly for Monarchs).
> Since the butterfly farming industry for weddings (and funerals) took off a
> few years back and most people don't hear the scientists' bellyaching that
> experimental designs are screwed up when taking censuses for experimental work
> and 
> possibly crosscontaminating gene pools and spreading plagues in the local
> butterfly populations with the alien introductions of the same species, the
> biggest appeal not to do this is the blood like liquid and hey if you are
> getting 
> married, why the heck would you risk eith your butterflies express mailed
> arriving dead or secreting "blood".  That works a little better to dampen the
> spirits.
> 
> Anyway, sorry if I haven't read the thread enough and if this was already
> discussed in more depth besides Martin's suggestion,
> 
> Saludos, Doug
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