At 01:50 PM 11/1/00 -0500, you wrote:
When MT ST Helen erupted, the ash, which was mostly a fine sand that
resembled talc was hard on brood and other insect larvae, both from
ingestion and for caterpillars, from dessication and abrasion.
Jerry
Jerry J. Bromenshenk, Ph.D.
Director, DOE/EPSCoR & Montana Organization for Research in Energy
The University of Montana-Missoula
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