"Although preliminary, this study
clearly shows that monarch larvae are exposed to clothianidin
in the field at potentially harmful doses of the toxin. Additional
work that investigates wider geographic and seasonal ranges is
necessary to firmly substantiate whether this insecticide is
contributing to monarch declines"

On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 10:51 PM, Jerry Bromenshenk
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> The Monarch decline question has been going around since the 70s, long before any neonics.  From my own observations, I'd guess that decline in the abundance of milkweed is a much more significant factor.

The concluding paragraph of the discussion paragraph which I posted
does not disagree with you Jerry.  It clearly confines itself to
"contributing to monarch declines" (which are more serious today than
in the 70's).  But with your expertise in this field do you find
specific fault with the methodology of the study or the data analysis,
or specific conclusions that the author drew from the findings?

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