http://www.butterfliesandwildlife.com/2009/05/06/timothia/ Butterfly and Wildlife Gardening And Photography In Houston Texas Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:03:03 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.butterfliesandwildlife.com/2009/05/06/timothia/comment-page-1/#comment-4 texdr Mon, 11 May 2009 02:51:48 +0000 http://butterfliesandwildlife.com/?p=1475#comment-4 OE disease is Ophryocystis Elektroscirrha which apparently is a common parasitic disease in Monarchs in Florida and along the Gulf Coast. To quote from <a href="http://www.monarchwatch.org/biology/pred3.htm" rel="nofollow">Monarch Watch</a> "The parasite develops inside the Monarch larva and pupa, and is transmitted from generation to generation by spores, which are shed from the scales of the adult female onto her eggs and the surface of milkweed plants as she lays eggs. The spores are also transferred between males and females during copulation (mating). OE disease is Ophryocystis Elektroscirrha which apparently is a common parasitic disease in Monarchs in Florida and along the Gulf Coast. To quote from Monarch Watch “The parasite develops inside the Monarch larva and pupa, and is transmitted from generation to generation by spores, which are shed from the scales of the adult female onto her eggs and the surface of milkweed plants as she lays eggs. The spores are also transferred between males and females during copulation (mating).

]]> http://www.butterfliesandwildlife.com/2009/05/06/timothia/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Elizabeth Sat, 09 May 2009 04:45:44 +0000 http://butterfliesandwildlife.com/?p=1475#comment-3 What is OE disease?? What is OE disease??

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