http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/western_monarchs/ Western Monarch Discussion Group Sun, 04 May 2008 21:01:27 GMT hjohnson1952@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/western_monarchs/message/122 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/western_monarchs/message/122 Mia,: I know how busy you are at work, but you certainly have the most CONTACTS with large groups of people including the XERCES Society, and I'm still just Thu, 01 May 2008 18:13:46 GMT hjohnson1952@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/western_monarchs/message/121 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/western_monarchs/message/121 Hi. All: Chip Taylor of MONARCH WATCH has some "Especially for California" milkweed seeds and kits. Let your Nurseries and Museum Gift shops, and Elementary Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:37:23 GMT hjohnson1952@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/western_monarchs/message/120 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/western_monarchs/message/120 ... From: Leslie Gilson To: Vallerie naba ; Sherry bullock ; Tracy Roberts ; No name ; audrey goode ; Therese no name ; Tom Hersh ; Vicki naba ; mandy metzgar Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:46:53 GMT hjohnson1952@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/western_monarchs/message/119 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/western_monarchs/message/119 Hi Peggy: That coincidence almost makes me believe in things I've always questioned!!!! A copy of one of the books I bought from you has been sent by a Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:46:42 GMT hjohnson1952@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/western_monarchs/message/118 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/western_monarchs/message/118 Hi Peggy: Thank you for sharing your amazing MAGIC moments recently, and the colored pictures of your school kids in their "A Monarch With A Mission" garden Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:42:04 GMT hjohnson1952@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/western_monarchs/message/117 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/western_monarchs/message/117 ... From: hjohnson1952@... To: Monarch News ; jessica griffiths Cc: Helen Johnson Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 10:23 AM Subject: Fw: Arbor Day Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:02:24 GMT hjohnson1952@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/western_monarchs/message/116 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/western_monarchs/message/116 There are 3 full page color ads in the MAY 2008 issue of the NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Journal by Haagen-Daz brand Ice Cream,, expressing concern about the rapid Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:06:31 GMT Lunden http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/western_monarchs/message/115 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/western_monarchs/message/115 I'm not a scientist: I'm a journalist. But I can't help but notice what you said, Paul, about the decline of Monarchs comparing with the decline of Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:58:08 GMT Paul Cherubini http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/western_monarchs/message/114 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/western_monarchs/message/114 ... Stan, I envision any kind of predator of butterfly eggs and young larvae such as ants, spiders, earwigs, ladybugs, hemipterans, etc. Curiously, Prof. Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:57:25 GMT Stan Gorodenski http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/western_monarchs/message/113 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/western_monarchs/message/113 Paul, What sort of predators do you envision? Do you have any evidence for an exotic one? I could imagine more common ones such as a hemipteran or small wasp. Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:57:24 GMT hjohnson1952@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/western_monarchs/message/112 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/western_monarchs/message/112 HI Chris: Boy, with the picture of the BLUE tag, and it's Ejido "finder", there shouldn"t be any Question about your Deceased bug's point of origin being for Fri, 14 Mar 2008 23:41:15 GMT hjohnson1952@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/western_monarchs/message/111 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/western_monarchs/message/111 Hi Chris: Your tiny, nearly one man monitering and tagging of Monarchs in Arizona, is such a cheerful operation - especially when you have another "for the Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:23:14 GMT Jessica Griffiths http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/western_monarchs/message/110 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/western_monarchs/message/110 Paul, Our Big Sur re-sightings were in early December and were of butterflies that had been tagged in November. All of our other resightings outside of Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:22:29 GMT chris kline http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/western_monarchs/message/109 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/western_monarchs/message/109 Greetings all, Exciting monarch news for us here in the southwest. A wild Arizona monarch was recovered at El Rosario, Michoacan. Actually its tag, not the Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:22:21 GMT Paul Cherubini http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/western_monarchs/message/108 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/western_monarchs/message/108 I just got back from a trip to the "eastern" Monarch overwintering sites in Michoacan, Mexico and a worker at the El Rosario sanctuary showed me a blue Arizona