Bugs For Us

On June 10, 2007 the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel published the front page story, "Ash borer fight adds wasps" which provides an alternative to the use of chain saws, huge amounts of tax dollars and dangerous chemical to fight the ash-borer

If micro-wasps can be used to fight (Without the use of dangerous chemicals) against a danger to trees, then why should we not use dragonflies to fight against such diseases as LaCrosse Encephalitis and Malaria which represent a clear and present danger to many humans? After all, such flying destroyers eat upwards of 400 mosquitoes each day as adults and are equally hungry for those pesty and dangerous critters as pre-flying nymphs.

Plus, dragonflies are fun to watch at work.

It might be interesting to find out what Federal, State and university entomologists and public health officials think of the above proposal.

This might offer a good, tax-paying, business opportunity for some Wisconsin-based persons (Perhaps out of the U-Wisconsin--Which would provide some favorable news about that school at a time when it most needs such).