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News (Archive) | June 2004
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Learn more about butterflies and moths — — [11 Jun 2004 | 15:00 GMT] Don’t miss the great opportunity to learn more about butterflies and moths. National Insect Week, a brand new initiative of the Royal Entomological Society (RES), will be officially launched at the Darwin Centre, The Natural History Museum, London on Monday, 14 June 2004... [Full story] Butterflies & moths on the WWW | Headlines Lightweight scales — New Scientist, London, UK — 30 Jun 2004 My 5-year-old neighbour Oliver wants to know why butterflies and moths are not able to fly when they lose the dusty surface of scales from their wings — when they collide with a wet window, for instance... Waterford Wildlife by Michael O’Meara — Waterford Today, Waterford, Ireland — 29 Jun 2004 In simple terms, moths are butterflies that mainly fly in darkness or to put it another way, butterflies are day-flying moths... Quinte West — Magical monarchs prove that butterflies aren’t free — Stirling Community Press, Stirling, Ontario, Canada — 28 Jun 2004 Seven years ago Ken McGrath decided he wanted to something besides sell mutual funds... Butterflies & Blooms — KIROtv.com, Seattle, WA, USA — 28 Jun 2004 Back for its seventh year, the serene experience treats visitors to a vibrant display of nearly 1,000 free-flying butterflies representing 35—50 North American species, a colorful explosion of flowering plants in bloom and an outdoor conservation garden... Clouds get in the way of butterfly census — The State, Columbia, SC, USA — 27 Jun 2004 Fifteen butterfly census workers who fanned out in Congaree National Park Saturday found mostly frustration... Butterfly guy counts down to departure — Lexington Herald Leader, Lexington, KY, USA — 26 Jun 2004 Think butterflies in Kentucky, and Charles Covell is the first name that should come to mind... Driving us buggy — New Bedford Standard, New Bedford, MA, USA — 26 Jun 2004 The feeding period for the winter moth in Massachusetts has ended for this year, and no further damage should occur. That is the good news. The bad news is that the buggers could likely return next year and there are other caterpillars in high numbers that are still active... Northland Nature: Look for the large luna moth in late June — Duluth Budgeteer News, Duluth, MN, USA — 25 Jun 2004 Along with the warming days of summer comes a variety of butterflies and moths. Both are more diverse than expected. Butterflies and moths belong to the order called Lepidoptera... An Infestation of Caterpillars Gobbles Foliage — Martha’s Vineyard Gazette, Edgartown, MA, USA — 25 Jun 2004 Breakfast, lunch and dinner are over — or almost over — and now it’s time for a rest. But the voracious caterpillars have left their mark and in some pockets of the Vineyard this year there is a lot less foliage — or no foliage at all... Some bugs lure birders — Roanoke Times, Roanoke, VA, USA — 25 Jun 2004 Over the last decade or two, another big change has occurred. Thousands of birders have enlarged their interests to include two other kinds of beautiful flying creatures: butterflies and dragonflies... Bring on the butterflies — ic Newcastle.co.uk, Newcastle, UK — 24 Jun 2004 I have written earlier about the lack of butterflies — and other insects — in our gardens, in spite of the warmer summers and milder winters of the past few years, which ought to have helped them... At the Library — Wayland Town Crier, Framingham, MA, USA — 23 Jun 2004 The Friends of the Wayland Public Library announce that graduating Wayland High School seniors Elizabeth Wolfson and Jessica Yurkoksy are the winners of the second annual Friends of the Wayland Public Library Award... Bug fighters to get between gypsy moths, mates — Chicago Sun Times, Chicago, IL, USA — 23 Jun 2004 An aerial attack on tree-eating gypsy moths set for later this week aims to disrupt the critters’ mating season by sending lusty male moths chasing chemical decoys rather than fertile females... Butterfly project ready to take wing — Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, MD, USA — 23 Jun 2004 Siberian tigers they’re not, though the orange, white, red and black colors of the delicate, declining Baltimore checkerspot butterflies that just moved into a tent at the Baltimore Zoo are similar, and no less spectacular... Gypsy Moths — WXOW, La Crosse, WI, USA — 22 Jun 2004 The planes will drop sticky, green plastic flakes aimed at confusing the male moths. The flakes carry the scent of the female gypsy moth. They trick the male moths into chasing the flakes for the few weeks of their adult like, thereby disrupting the mating cycle... Butterflies Flit Into State Park — Fort Smith Times Record, Fort Smith, AR, USA — 22 Jun 2004 Mount Magazine State Park will host the eighth annual International Butterfly Festival this weekend with activities on both the Paris town square and at Mount Magazine State Park, 16878 Arkansas 309 south of Paris... Final Gypsy Moth Spraying Activities Scheduled — Wisconsin Ag Connection, Marshfield, WI, USA — 21 Jun 2004 Finding that special lady — lady gypsy moth that is-will be difficult for many male gypsy moths after state and federal officials take steps to meddle with the love life of this insect... Museum happenings: fossils and butterflies and sharks, oh my! — Miami Herald, Miami, FL, USA — 20 Jun 2004 Butterflies are free to flit and fossils actually ‘move’ in two dramatic new exhibits at the Florida Museum of Natural History... Moths target hedges — Belfast Telegraph, Belfast, Nothern Ireland, UK — 19 Jun 2004 There is a killer in the hedgerows of Northern Ireland... Gypsy moths chewing through park — Chicago Daily Herald, Chicago, IL, USA — 19 Jun 2004 For a few minutes Friday, the sun peeked through the tree canopy at Lake Ellyn Park... Visits from butterflies — Fayetteville Online, Fayetteville, NC, USA — 19 Jun 2004 Ahhh, for the life of a butterfly! You’ve got three tasks in life: eat, flutter about and raise a brood of ugly little bugs who’ll grow up just as pretty as you are. You get drunk on fermented fruit, gorge on nectar and stretch out for a nice nap in the morning sun... Mating Rescheduled: Spraying Splits Up Moths — WQOW, Eau Claire, WI, USA — 18 Jun 2004 The state is getting involved in the love life of insects. Beginning next week, the state will spray the scent of female gypsy moths on trees... Caterpillar population explosion hits Massachusetts — Worcester Telegram, Worcester, MA, USA — 17 Jun 2004 Springfield, Mass. — Some are tiny, dark and hairy. Others are tiny, green and white. All are voracious. And they have been chomping away by the millions from Cape Cod to the Berkshires... Catching caterpillars — Fremont News Messenger, Fremont, OH, USA — 17 Jun 2004 Officials at the Hayes Presidential Center are continuing their effort to eradicate the infestation of gypsy moths that has threatened 100-year-old trees on the grounds of Spiegel Grove... Class will feature tips on attracting butterflies — Oregonian, Portland, OR, USA — 17 Jun 2004 Learn how to attract butterflies to your garden during a two-hour class June 30 at Clackamas Community College... ‘Monarch Butterflies’ on stage in N.Y. — Bridgeton News, Bridgeton, NJ, USA — 16 Jun 2004 New York — Monarch Butterflies, written by two Cumberland County natives, will make its New York City debut the end of this month... Scientists trap, study moths — Ironwood Daily Globe, Ironwood, MI, USA — 14 Jun 2004 In addition to aerial spraying for gypsy moths, the State of Wisconsin is again conducting a trapping program for males of the species... Behavioral studies help control insect populations — AgNews, TX, USA — 14 Jun 2004 Weslaco — They sweep across the Lower Rio Grande Valley like bomber pilots, scanning the landscape for their targets. Every year, billions of diamondback moths, each about the size of a thin housefly, find and destroy their prey, usually cabbage, causing millions of dollars in crop losses... Society launches National Insect Week — Guardian, UK — 14 Jun 2004 Insects rarely seen in 320 years could be about to flutter across the public gaze. Stag beetles, hawk moths, ladybirds and painted ladies could emerge from centuries of hibernation in one of London’s most secret libraries to mark National Insect Week, which begins today... One butterfly, two butterflies, three butterflies... — Springfield State Journal Register, Springfield, IL, USA — 12 Jun 2004 The annual butterfly count usually starts before volunteers even leave the parking area at Revis Hill Prairie... Springtime is opening a can of worms — Albany Times Union, Albany, NY, USA — 12 Jun 2004 That’s what Marie Marois thought a few weeks ago as poop from inchlong green and black worms bombarded her yard... Butterfly weeds look brilliant along roadsides, in gardens — SunHerald.com, Biloxi, MS, USA — 12 Jun 2004 I made the drive to Aberdeen a few days ago and was amazed at the iridescent orange along the roadside... Environmentalists sue to protect butterflies — Corvallis Gazette Times, Corvallis, OR, USA — 11 Jun 2004 Tropical swallowtail butterflies are coveted by collectors for their showy, colorful wings, often drawing a price of more than $3,000 for a pair... Butterflies flutter away — Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO, USA — 11 Jun 2004 Do you recall seeing more butterflies when you were young? Such recollection isn’t colored by nostalgia. Like songbirds, the butterfly population is dwindling because we have either poisoned the food supply or destroyed the butterflies’ environment... Tent caterpillars denuding acres of aspens — Sangre de Cristo Chronicle, Angel Fire, NM, USA — 10 Jun 2004 Like a Sci-Fi horror flick it begins innocently enough. First you notice tent-like structures nestled between branches on your aspen trees. Then you see creepy crawly things squirming inside. Soon the creepy crawly things are spreading out over your trees and your trees have no leaves... Junior Girl Scouts plant garden to attract butterflies — The Grand Rapids Press, Grand Rapids, MI, USA — 10 Jun 2004 They can be butterflies native to Michigan or just passing through — either way, Chloe Renou hopes they visit the butterfly garden she and her Junior Girl Scout troop created... Butterfly guy — Richmond Times Dispatch, Richmond, VA, USA — 10 Jun 2004 William B. Folsom was supposed to be talking about photographing butterflies, but it quickly became clear he had a grander agenda... Before butterflies take flight, caterpillars are on the crawl — Richmond Times Dispatch, Richmond, VA, USA — 10 Jun 2004 Butterflies never suffer the stigma of being insects, or even pests... Moth gardens’ show begins at night — Seattle Post Intelligencer, Seattle, WA, USA — 9 Jun 2004 Anyone working the night shift knows it can be an out-of-sight, out-of-mind kind of experience. You sleep when you can and socialize as you can. And so it is with many insects, like the much-maligned moth... Debate clips center’s plan for butterfly — The News-Press, Fort Myers, FL, USA — 8 Jun 2004 A tiny red-black-and-blue butterfly is causing a flap in the lepidopteran world... Rare moth colony reaches new heights in Scotland — The Scotsman, Edinburgh, UK — 8 Jun 2004 The highest ever British colony of a rare type of moth has been discovered in Scotland, experts said yesterday. The site of Netted Mountain Moths was found on the slopes above Glen Feshie in the Cairngorms, 2,300ft above sea level... Changing climate sees Britain offer a warm welcome to new varieties of wildlife — Independent, London, UK — 8 Jun 2004 Some sub-tropical species are migrating north at a rate of 50 kilometres a year. And many are ending up on our doorsteps... USDA funds traps for gypsy moths in Alaska — Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Fairbanks, AK, USA — 7 Jun 2004 Standing in the middle of the Tanana Valley Campground on College Road, Cathy Randall looked around for a place to set her trap... Butterflies add colour to Karanji Lake — Star of Mysore, Mysore, India — 6 Jun 2004 Massive swarms of colourful butterflies that have descended upon the Karanji Lake, have lent colour to its environs, especially the trees, shrubs and bushes, on which they perch... Insects pine for something good to chew — Los Angeles Daily News, Los Angeles, CA, USA — 5 Jun 2004 The signs of conspicuous consumption already have begun to appear amid the soaring pines that push up from the volcanic soil outside this ski resort in the peaks of the Sierra Nevada... The joy of butterflies — Richmond Times Dispatch, Richmond, VA, USA — 5 Jun 2004 Dr. Gary Noel Ross has spent 40 years studying butterflies. From their symbolism to their behavior, he’s researched it all... Many butterfly events planned — Richmond Times Dispatch, Richmond, VA, USA — 5 Jun 2004 Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden has planned several events with its “Butterfly LIVE!” exhibit... Northland Nature: Butterflies return in early June — Duluth Budgeteer News, Duluth, MN, USA — 4 Jun 2004 June in the Northland is a well known time for insects. For most of us, the bugs of June are the pesky mosquitoes and black flies. Insects, however, are a wide and incredibly diverse group and along with the abundance of these lesser-loved insects comes a few of the more loved ones. June is also the time of aerial dynamic dragonflies, luminescent fireflies and colorful butterflies... Butterfly Wonderland — Richmond.com, Richmond, VA, USA — 4 Jun 2004 Want an up-close-and-personal look at the butterflies of summer... Volunteers gear up for a flurry of regional butterfly counts — Houston Chronicle, Houston, TX, USA — 3 Jun 2004 From now through July, the North American Butterfly Association is sponsoring the annual Fourth of July butterfly counts. Houston and southeast Texas will play a big part in this census of North America’s butterflies... Building a butterfly garden — Marco Island Sun-Times, Marco Island, FL, USA — 3 Jun 2004 Remember butterfly kisses when you were a kid? Your mom’s eyelashes fluttering against your cheek as you giggled and imagined colorful wings tickling your skin. With a little care and attention, you can enjoy real butterflies in their own habitat easily created by you... Tourists swarm Yangmingshan as butterfly season opens — Taipei Journal, Taipei, Taiwan — [4] Jun 2004 People on the island like to describe Taiwan as the “kingdom of this” and the “hometown of that.” One of the island’s monikers being bandied about lately is the “Kingdom of Butterflies.” This is because more than 400 species of the flitting insects make their home in the island’s tropical, temperate and frigid zones, especially now in the middle of butterfly season. Decades ago, foreign entomologists came to Taiwan to study the diminutive creatures, and even today, some foreign tourists have been known to make special trips just for the chance to net one of the little critters of the order Lepidoptera... Butterflies may be at risk — The Argus, Fremont, CA, USA — 1 Jun 2004 Destruction of trees in Mexico, a common hibernation site for the western Monarch butterfly population, could potentially decrease the population of butterflies at Ardenwood Historic Farm and at other places along the California coast... |
