Mexico struggles to save monarchs from beetle infestation


World | 206504 hits | Oct 20 11:23 pm | Posted by: Hyack
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MEXICO CITY — Authorities who have struggled to stop illegal logging in Mexico's famed monarch butterfly reserve now are cutting down thousands of trees themselves to fight an unprecedented infestation of deadly bark beetles.

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  1. by avatar GreenTiger
    Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:10 pm
    Theye need the same kind of bio enginerring that worked witht the lamprey ells.

  2. by avatar BartSimpson Gold Member
    Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:23 pm
    Evolution in action; We just need trees that are not vulnerable to the beetles.

  3. by avatar GreenTiger
    Thu Oct 22, 2009 1:21 pm
    Its a shame we can't find a bug like that that thrives on eating (and killing) Opiom poppy.

  4. by avatar raydan
    Thu Oct 22, 2009 1:25 pm
    When I saw the title, my first thought was of the King and Queen being attacked by beetles. :oops:



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