> > eastern Nebraska and I've marked examples of forage
> > areas on one square mile in yellow:
> > http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k75/4af/sqylow.jpg

Kathy Kellison wrote:
> Roughly, how much total square footage would you 
> estimate in those sections of the photo? And from 
> your observations is the norm?

Don't know the square footage Kathy, but I do know it's 
enough land to enable some butterfly pollinators
to increase their numbers to outbreak levels like this:

Painted Lady butterflies:
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/mastertech/gilc.jpg
Monarch butterflies:
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/mastertech/evena.jpg
Orange sulfur butterflies:
http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/article_5e9bba43-8aa5-5d20-bcb3-d42399b847be.html

Paul Cherubini
El Dorado, Calif.

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