Subject: [Tweeters] Re: Tansy Ragwort Query ( Photo of Cinnabar catipiller)
Date: Sep 2 09:11:21 2011
From: Doug Parrott - bird_cage at msn.com



Attached are photos of the Cinnabar catipiller on Tansy Ragwort at the Montlake Fill. I must say they do a great job of gobbling up the leaves and flowers, just the stalks are left on the plants they attacked. I didn't see any other species affected, so it seems that's their exclusive diet. Photo's at:http://www.flickr.com/photos/birdhouse_wa/6106539652/in/photostreamhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/birdhouse_wa/6000961848/in/photostream/ Doug ParrottEdmonds Wabird_cage at msn.com
Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 15:15:18 +0000
From: ucd880 at comcast.net
To: notcalm at comcast.net
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Re: Tansy Ragwort Query
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The Cinnabar Moth, which is used as a biological control for Tansy, apparently accumulates the toxins in the larvae. This makes them unpalatable/toxic. Apparently, the toxin does kill alligator lizards that ingest them.

Hal Michael
Olympia WA
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From: notcalm at comcast.net
To: "Bill Anderson" <billandersonbic at yahoo.com>
Cc: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Sent: Thursday, September 1, 2011 12:53:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Re: Tansy Ragwort Query




Click on any of the photos for more info. I did not see a reference to birds, but mammals are affected. The alkaloids can also be found in honey.


http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=Tansy+Ragwort+photo&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8


From: "Bill Anderson" <billandersonbic at yahoo.com>
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Sent: Thursday, September 1, 2011 12:20:22 PM
Subject: [Tweeters] Re: Tansy Ragwort Query



There are a lot of the plants on the hillside on Pt. Edwards where the newest condos may someday (ever?) be built. I too noticed that goldfinch like the seeds and have photographed several doing so. I'll keep an eye open for dead birds when I am up there photographing.


Bill Anderson; Edmonds, WA. USA
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