...i wonder.  i've been reading about fungus problems with frogs (and 
other amphibians) that seems to be very widely spread.  i don't buy 
at face value the contention that this is a "proof of global 
warming", but there may be some long term fungus cycles, or other 
factors as well.

deknow

-- Jerry Bromenshenk <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Dennis is looking at a soil fungus -- and I might buy that if this 
collapse  
was in a specific climatic zone, time of year.  The grasshoppers I 
worked  
with years ago had a high attrition rate of nymphs when molting 
occurred in wet  
weather.   But again, we've got all regions, all times of year,  
different 
soil types, etc.
 
And, as you say, frames tend to get covered with fungus/mold in  
spring.  So 
fungi in gut may/may not mean anything.
 
Jerry

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