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News (Archive) | April 2004
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Butterflies displayed at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences — — [26 Apr 2004 | 6:30 GMT] Under the title “Zoology — science & practice,” the Institute of Zoology shows some of its treasures in the just opened exhibition at the central foyer of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences... [Full story] Kresna Gorge, butterflies... and a motorway — — [25 Apr 2004 | 15:00 GMT] The butterflies living in the picturesque Kresna Gorge can be considered threatened. The Bulgarian government plans to build the so-called Struma Motorway in the period of 2010—2020 and this will cause, by no means, a negative impact on the wildlife there... [Full story] The first Bulgarian lepidopterist recognised — — [20 Apr 2004 | 12:00 GMT] A new exposition, titled “Ruse’s naturalists,” has just been opened at the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia. The event is associated with the centennial anniversary of the Regional Historical Museum in Ruse and commemorates the life of the first Bulgarian lepidopterist — Wasil Kowatschew... [Full story] Butterflies & moths on the WWW | Headlines Fender’s blue butterfly makes a comeback — Salem Statesman Journal, Salem, OR, USA — 30 Apr 2004 Thought to be extinct for years, the rare butterfly is making a comeback in the Willamette Valley... Winged wonders of nighttime are fun to watch — Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX, USA — 29 Apr 2004 As the sun sets over the garden and the butterflies find a place to perch, a different set of winged wonders appears in the night sky — the moths... Giving tent caterpillars the boot — Seattle Post Intelligencer, Seattle, WA, USA — 29 Apr 2004 This year the tent caterpillars began waking up earlier than usual. By mid-April, trees and shrubs were already tipped with the raggedy white tents of these pesky creatures. In areas where the infestation was light last year, this year’s crop looks bigger than ever. Where there were no caterpillars, the first few webs are just beginning to show up... One shy moth, a flashy gene, and a crossroads — Christian Science Monitor — 29 Apr 2004 You might call Pectinophora gossypiella — pink bollworm moths — publicity shy. You’re unlikely ever to meet one: They fly around at night and hide underground during the day. And they live only in commercial cotton fields... State does battle with hungry pest — The Register-Guard, Eugene, Oregon, USA — 28 Apr 2004 The helicopter combing the sky over Crest Drive at dawn Tuesday must have inspired chagrin for one anonymous family. The family — newcomers from Connecticut — brought along an egg sac carrying as many as 1,000 would-be gypsy moths, state records show... Lessons take flight — Salisbury Post, Salibury, NC, USA — 28 Apr 2004 Students at Granite Quarry Elementary raised butterflies over the past few weeks, and along the way they learned plenty about the creatures... Surprise sighting of rare butterflies creates ‘a huge deal’ for enthusiasts — South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA — 24 Apr 2004 Inside a private garden in Fort Lauderdale, four people on a butterfly stakeout ring a white patio table. They keenly watch a blood berry bush just a few feet away with cameras and binoculars at the ready... It’s borer reversal in Steuben — Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Fort Wayne, IN, USA — 23 Apr 2004 The Indiana Department of Natural Resources confirmed Thursday that emerald ash borers — exotic insects from Asia that have killed millions of trees in Michigan — have infected more than 50 trees in Steuben County... Butterflies migrate early to the Himalayas this year — New Kerala, Ernakulam, Kerala, India — 22 Apr 2004 The annual migration of myriad coloured butterflies from the Indian plains to the lofty Himalayas in Himachal Pradesh has begun — almost a month earlier this time... Butterflies flutter by for Hospice — Ocala Star-Banner, Ocala, FL, USA — 21 Apr 2004 Hospice of Marion County will on Saturday host the Butterfly Festival, an opportunity to stroll through a beautiful garden filled with a rainbow of Mother Nature’s most gorgeous creatures... Butterflies galore: the winged statistics — ABC Regional Online, Australia — 20 Apr 2004 The summer, and now autumn, has been a feast of butterflies... Gorgas Foundation exhibits Valley treasures — Brownsville Herald, Brownsville, TX, USA — 19 Apr 2004 A “live” cage filled with flowering lantana, Chinese lantern, passion flower and milkweed rises into a skylight at the Alonso Building, home of the Gorgas Science Foundation. Sunlight streams into the cage, falling on the butterflies flying inside it... Keep hummingbirds, butterflies in mind — Press Herald, Portland, ME, USA — 18 Apr 2004 As spring days get warmer, it soon will be time to welcome the jewels of summer: ruby-throated hummingbirds and butterflies. Now’s the time to get your yard ready for their arrival... A day of butterflies, bugs & lizards — The Star, Malaysia — 17 Apr 2004 My American visitors wanted to go to the Penang Butterfly Farm but I was a bit sceptical as I am not a fan of these places... Museum of Life and Science to celebrate butterfly house anniversary — Durham Herald Sun, Durham, NC, USA — 16 Apr 2004 If you placed living creatures on a scale of lovability, former Museum of Life and Science director Tom Krakauer once said, you’d have cockroaches at one extreme and butterflies at the other... Butterflies find a home at Headwaters — Marion Star, OH, USA — 14 Apr 2004 Morrow County is one of only two locations in Ohio that is home to the Purplish Copper butterfly, which is listed as a “threatened species” by the Ohio Division of Wildlife. Morrow County Soil and Water Conservation’s Gale Martin-Hansgen has started a project at Headwaters Outdoor Education Center northeast of Mount Gilead to extend the area of the habitat for the rare butterfly... Government backs butterfly dome — This Is Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, UK — 14 Apr 2004 The Government has backed plans for a giant butterfly dome in Chiswell Green, St Albans... Help is urgently needed to save our butterflies — ic Wales, UK — 13 Apr 2004 Put simply, our butterflies are in trouble. In the past 50 years, many species of butterfly and moth have suffered serious declines and five are already extinct in the UK... In Pursuit of the Ephemeral — The New York Times — 11 Apr 2004 When John Coons smiles, he has the face of a kid: buckteeth and pale-blue mischievous eyes. He and I, just back from separate adventures in South America, recently found ourselves at the same party, on opposite sides of a baked ham. His job is to lead bird-watching tours all over the world. I had been to Chile on a mission of my own: catching butterflies... Infestation of moths a messy mystery — St. Petersburg Times, FL, USA — 8 Apr 2004 Throngs of little green worms, dangling on silky strings from oak trees, began showing up. Some of the area’s finest mansions were instantly changed to haunted houses as the silvery webs emerged... Gypsy moth sprayings start next month — Rockford Register Star, IL, USA — 8 Apr 2004 For the fifth year, the Illinois Department of Agriculture will spray the Rockford area for the invasive, tree-stripping pests... Spiegel Grove infested by gypsy moths; officials plan aerial spraying of grounds — Fremont News Messenger, OH, USA — 1 Apr 2004 Gypsy moths are infesting Spiegel Grove, threatening some of the trees that President Rutherford B. Hayes planted more than a 100 years ago... Landscaper seeks help curbing gypsy moths — Pioneer Press Online, IL, USA — 1 Apr 2004 After Curt Vogt scraped a gypsy moth egg mass from a tree in the woods near Northbrook Monday afternoon, he looked up and saw a sight that horrifies a horticulturist... Those little worms hanging from trees can be huge problem — Boston Globe, MA, USA — 1 Apr 2004 If you saw a blizzard of identical little brown moths fluttering around your porch lights last December, you’d best call an arborist to come spray your trees now... Just printed News of the Lepidopterists’ Society 46 (1) Palamedes swallowtails in the Texas Hill Country — — Reference: Hardy, D. H. (2004): Palamedes Swallowtails in the Texas Hill Country. — News of the Lepidopterists’ Society 46 (1) (1 Apr 2004): 6—7 [figs on p. 5]. A “tasso”-like aberration of Papilio torquatus — — Reference: Rozycki, R. (2004): A “tasso”-like Aberration of Papilio torquatus. — News of the Lepidopterists’ Society 46 (1) (1 Apr 2004): 7 [figs on p. 5]. Butterflies of the highest European mountains — — Reference: Krizek, G. O. (2004): Butterflies of the Highest European Mountains. — News of the Lepidopterists’ Society 46 (1) (1 Apr 2004): 9 [figs on p. 8]. Unusual behaviour of Julia butterflies... — — Reference: Einem, G. E. (2004): Unusual Behavior of Julia Butterflies, Dryas iulia (Fabricius), Feeding at Lantana Fruit. — News of the Lepidopterists’ Society 46 (1) (1 Apr 2004): 10—11, 14—15 [figs on p. 5]. Erinnyis yucatana, a new US record... — — Reference: Muise, G. & E. Knudson (2004): Erinnyis yucatana (Druce), a New US Record Sphinx Moth from Texas. — News of the Lepidopterists’ Society 46 (1) (1 Apr 2004): 11 [figs on p. 5]. Nocturnal nectaring by Microlepidoptera... — — Reference: Powell, J. A. (2004): Nocturnal Nectaring by Microlepidoptera, A Rare Phenomenon? — News of the Lepidopterists’ Society 46 (1) (1 Apr 2004): 16—17. The Gardiner Gregory Lepidoptera collection — — Reference: Manton, P. (2004): The Gardiner Gregory Lepidoptera Collection. — News of the Lepidopterists’ Society 46 (1) (1 Apr 2004): 18, 20. A new hairstreak for USA — — Reference: Warren, A. D. et al. (2004): Ziegleria guzanta: A New Hairstreak for Texas and the U.S. — News of the Lepidopterists’ Society 46 (1) (1 Apr 2004): 28—30. The Brazilian Skipper in West Virginia — — Reference: Dirig, R. & A. Kawahara (2004): The Brazilian Skipper (Calpodes ethlius, Hesperiidae) in West Virginia. — News of the Lepidopterists’ Society 46 (1) (1 Apr 2004): 31, 22. |
