tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post2594982681671093548..comments2024-03-28T06:50:11.258-05:00Comments on Bug Eric: Are We Saving Species by Rescuing One Individual Bug?Bug Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06253157009010644214noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-48285270704830915142018-01-11T19:22:10.565-06:002018-01-11T19:22:10.565-06:00Keep teaching people these valuable concepts. Ther...Keep teaching people these valuable concepts. There are those who, in their zeal to save monarchs, plant non-native milkweeds, and they even call that conservation! I wish they knew that several species of milkweeds are far more endangered than the monarch butterfly. Take Mead's milkweed for instance, it was widespread in tall grass prairies of Central US, and now it is listed as endangered. Beatriz Moissethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05745938472052790104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-11680678045214762222018-01-10T18:37:35.449-06:002018-01-10T18:37:35.449-06:00Now you should put a link here to your follow up a...Now you should put a link here to your follow up article "Ok Save Some Bugs" (http://bugeric.blogspot.com/2017/11/ok-save-some-bugs.html#comment-form).<br />I wish more people read both of them.Beatriz Moissethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05745938472052790104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-59313036484287530892017-11-03T22:09:31.552-05:002017-11-03T22:09:31.552-05:00Your writing really hit home. After quitting an on...Your writing really hit home. After quitting an online group where I had spent months learning that anything that threatened Monarchs had to be evil, how to complete wing transplants, how to perform a chrysalis c-section, and that it is ok to substitute squash/cukes/etc.during times of milkweed shortage(wrong!!!!!); I found it is refreshing to hear someone with the gumption to explain that it is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-59740657347824454072017-11-03T12:15:06.840-05:002017-11-03T12:15:06.840-05:00Thank you for sharing what *you* do! Please keep ...Thank you for sharing what *you* do! Please keep it up. If you can export the "Insect Petting Zoo" elsewhere, please do!Bug Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06253157009010644214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-77392294449958307702017-11-03T09:36:51.923-05:002017-11-03T09:36:51.923-05:00Thank you for your comments. You very nicely captu...Thank you for your comments. You very nicely captured many of me recent thoughts. I have been collecting Monarch and Swallowtail eggs and rearing them to adults for about 12 years. I greatly enjoy it from a personal chance to observe nature. It is MOST rewarding to share the life cycles with adults and children who have never seen it or understood it. As a Master Gardener, I volunteer in a Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03722278928987238119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-8757811102504661512017-10-26T11:06:47.443-05:002017-10-26T11:06:47.443-05:00Thank you for *your* work, Carol! Given the comme...Thank you for *your* work, Carol! Given the comments I have received here and on Facebook, I plan to write a follow-up post soon.Bug Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06253157009010644214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-25906721281967086902017-10-26T09:08:25.844-05:002017-10-26T09:08:25.844-05:00I have to agree emphatically with what you write, ...I have to agree emphatically with what you write, and spend the bulk of my time in Monarch conservation on the education and restoration end, telling people about the myriad of other species that benefit when you plant for Monarchs, and getting those people the plants they need. When I captive rear wild Monarch eggs, it is so I can bring livestock to outreach events and speaking engagements and Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15358859536283239199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-20011105460849180842017-10-21T21:22:25.081-05:002017-10-21T21:22:25.081-05:00On the argument's other hand, fishing out the ...On the argument's other hand, fishing out the occasional wet bee is usually not a bad idea as long as it is done sensibly and with awareness of the insect's short adult lifespan in mind. Same goes when I remove particularly fascinating insects from webs and pools as a collecting method, though many captives do enjoy long, danger-free lives.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-75261056409808129622017-10-21T09:36:03.571-05:002017-10-21T09:36:03.571-05:00You are welcome; and yes, you can quote me. Ha! ...You are welcome; and yes, you can quote me. Ha! Please note the comment above where the person advocates for rescuing species that most people loathe out of misinformation and lack of education. There is definitely something to be said for intervening to change attitudes.Bug Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06253157009010644214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-33068812562895518372017-10-21T09:34:31.262-05:002017-10-21T09:34:31.262-05:00That is an excellent point, and I'm glad you b...That is an excellent point, and I'm glad you brought that up. Note that my examples are of insects that are "already adored" by the general public. I do think it is a great example that you gave of standing up for the "unloved." Please keep at it!Bug Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06253157009010644214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-77254655147855329232017-10-21T07:06:33.891-05:002017-10-21T07:06:33.891-05:00Very well put! May I quote you?
Over and over and ...Very well put! May I quote you?<br />Over and over and over again. <br />Marie :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-83028475678853327832017-10-20T21:18:43.254-05:002017-10-20T21:18:43.254-05:00I am slightly worried that some readers will hasti...I am slightly worried that some readers will hastily read this article and assume that nearly all arthropod rescues are pointless, though. <br /><br />After all, a Panchlora nymph saved from a mob of roach-haters can be used to educate them that most roach species are harmless, especially after it has turned into a bright green adult.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-2891417573125566502017-10-20T20:39:42.237-05:002017-10-20T20:39:42.237-05:00Yes, that needed to be said ... Include here that ...Yes, that needed to be said ... Include here that milkweed planted 'for Monarchs' and even the Monarch offspring itself will and should feed other species - some of which may be less charismatic and loved, but rarer and more endangered (having a smaller distribution perhaps? Monarchs are extremely widespread.) And don't even get me started on Honey Bees, domestic, imported, invasive Margarethe Brummermannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05623937180200255796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-8859986367861033012017-10-20T14:37:13.646-05:002017-10-20T14:37:13.646-05:00This is such great a great article. People's h...This is such great a great article. People's hearts are in the right place and it's definitely less emotionally appealing to write letters protecting green space, to attend civic events protecting wild places or to elect green friendly representatives but that's what really does the environment good! <br />Christy Billsnoreply@blogger.com