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[mIEKAL aND <dtv@mwt.net>]

In this 1984 scenario lets not forget the clouds of asian lady bugs 
swarming everywhere right now.  They bite like a sand fly & I notice 
they love to nibble on the figs.  Hard pressed to think of uses for 
them but I would imagine chinese pharmacy has many age old uses for 
them.

mIEKAL


On Wednesday, October 8, 2003, at 03:54 AM, Brian Pearson wrote:
>   The water body Green Bay (an arm of Lake Michigan) is several
> miles away--it is being transformed by exotic species.  Zebra mussels,
> spiny water fleas,round gobies, European ruffe, rusty crayfish, etc., 
> are
> out-competing our native species, but, I fear, the worst is yet to 
> come.
> When Chinese big-headed carp, Asian grass carp, and Amur snakehead 
> finally
> are introduced and established, Lake Michigan's ecology will be totally
> disrupted.  The end of the traditional Friday night fish fry of yellow
> perch, or smelt (itself an introduced species), in Wisconsin is
> near.....(BP)