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News (Archive) | September 2004
B-files
More money for the preservation of butterflies in Bulgaria — — [9 Sep 2004 | 18:30 GMT] The UNDP Global Environment Facility is set to assist financially for the preservation of the globally significant biodiversity of Rhodopi Mountains, Bulgaria... [Full story] Butterflies & moths on the WWW | Headlines The Monarch Butterfly visits — Columbia Ledger, Columbia, PA, USA — 30 Sep 2004 The fifth-grade class at Our Lady of the Angels school learned about the life stages of a monarch butterfly recently through a creative presentation given by a Lancaster couple... Invite migrating butterflies into your garden — Centre Daily Times, Centre County, PA, USA — 30 Sep 2004 It is easy not to notice the Monarch butterflies as they undertake their annual migration. Each butterfly travels in solitude, a mere glimpse of orange in the air, easily mistaken for a falling leaf. Unlike the noisy geese, the butterflies make no sound to announce their passage... Walking through Britain’s natural history — BBC News, London, England, UK — 29 Sep 2004 It has been three billion years in the making. From dinosaurs and deserts to volcanoes and glaciers and onwards through the agricultural and industrial revolutions... Island Cove farm keeps thousands of butterfly — Manila Bulletin, Manila, Philippines — 21 Sep 2004 Island Cove’s Farms, the newest facility of Island Cove Resort and Leisure Park opened a new attraction, recently — The Butterfly Farm... Butterflies are ‘more fun than TV’ — South Bend Tribune, South Bend, IN, USA — 26 Sep 2004 It’s all about the butterflies. Just ask local businessman and nature enthusiast Steve Listenberger... JU researchers spot 36 new species butterflies — The Daily Star, Bangladesh — 25 Sep 2004 Researchers of Jahangirnagar University (JU) have claimed to have spotted 36 new species of butterflies on the campus, raising the number of the genus to 162 from 126 in Bangladesh... The bright side of fall — Houston Chronicle, Houston, TX, USA — 24 Sep 2004 Nothing beats the profusion of butterflies in Houston during autumn. Whether sailing over garden flowers like lantana and purple coneflower or meandering over a pallet of wildflowers like mistflower and Indian blanket, butterflies are everywhere... State Forest Tapped for Massive Clearing — Martha’s Vineyard Gazette, Edgartown, MA, USA — 24 Sep 2004 Swift and monumental change may soon come to blighted landscapes in the Manuel F. Correllus State Forest, which lies at the geographical and ecological heart of Martha’s Vineyard... Monarch madness — The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, VA, USA — 23 Sep 2004 Every year at the first sign of fall, monarch butterflies move to warmer climates. They pass through Virginia in September on their 2,000-mile migration to Mexico... White-lined Sphinx Moth — Waconia Patriot, Waconia, MN, USA — 23 Sep 2004 Around lilac blooming time in the spring and again in August and September, I get many questions from people concerning a hummingbird-like animal that hovers in front flowers and extends a straw-like tube into them. In most cases it’s the white-lined sphinx moth, the most common sphinx moth, that people have seen... Strong Museum Expansion — WOKR-TV, Rochester, NY, USA — 23 Sep 2004 Nationally renowned Strong Museum now has plans for a $33 million expansion. Construction is underway that will nearly double its size... Skipper Butterflies Clean House by Flinging Frass — Berkeley Daily Planet, Berkeley, CA, USA — 21 Sep 2004 I had a breakthrough of sorts this summer: I learned to identify skippers. A couple of skippers, at least... Waterford Wildlife — Waterford Today, Waterford, Ireland — 21 Sep 2004 The gathering of information on the status and distribution of Irish wildlife is an ongoing activity by fieldworkers in every county... Afield | Butterfly population in the East has dipped this year — Centre Daily Times, Centre County, PA, USA — 19 Sep 2004 Have you noticed a bright orange-and-black-winged jewel was missing from our countryside this summer — the monarch butterfly?... County targets gypsy moths — The Citizen’s Voice, PA, USA — 19 Sep 2004 Luzerne County officials are planning now for a possible gypsy moth problem next spring... Sounds like fall hitting the roof — Quad City Times, Davenport, IA, USA — 18 Sep 2004 Maybe I’ve been oblivious all these years, but it seems more acorns are falling on our house this fall than ever before. You wouldn’t think such small objects would make so much noise, but they come down with quite a sharp smack... For the love of chrysalises — Allston-Brighton TAB, Needham, MA, USA — 15 Sep 2004 Here’s the drill on butterflies: An adult butterfly lays an egg on a plant leaf. When the egg hatches, a caterpillar, or larva, emerges. The caterpillar forms a cocoon-like shell called a chrysalis around itself. When the chrysalis opens, there’s a butterfly that flies away... ‘Silence of the Lambs’ moth has starring role in an English garden — Independent, London, England, UK — 15 Sep 2004 The markings on the death’s head hawkmoth have led to it being seen a bad omen, a harbinger of war, death and disease... State Ag Department searching for European corn borer moths — KAAL, Austin, MN, USA — 14 Sep 2004 Surveyors from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture are going through corn fields around the state searching for pale gray worms that are one of corn’s most destructive pests... City’s mangroves ravaged by moths — Times of India, India — 14 Sep 2004 All along Mumbai’s coastline, mangroves that should be flushed lush green with rain have withered into dry brown, as if some unnatural pestilence has struck them... Butterfly sanctuary — Lawrence Journal World, Lawrence, KS, USA — 12 Sep 2004 Behind Foley Hall, tucked into a valley on Kansas University’s west campus, is a hidden oasis for gardeners, nature enthusiasts and butterflies alike... Ohio butterflies — Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, OH, USA — 12 Sep 2004 Summer is drawing to an end, but it’s not too late to see a Swarthy Skipper. At least, not according to Butterflies of Ohio, a field guide by Florida entomologist Jaret C. Daniels... Gardeners can help butterflies, flowers work together — SunHerald.com, Biloxi, MS, USA — 11 Sep 2004 Butterflies and flowers have a done deal, a mutually beneficial partnership that works like this: Butterflies need food, and flowers need help with pollination. So, the flowers bribe the insects with food, or nectar, in exchange for a little aid... Help scientists tag monarch butterflies — Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH, USA — 10 Sep 2004 Scientists are studying the late-summer migration of mon arch butterflies from the Eastern United States to central Mexico, and they need your help. Join in the catching and tagging program on Tuesday at South Chagrin Reservation in the Cleveland Metroparks... Coastal cleanup set for Sept. 18 — Ledger Dispatch, Antioch, CA, USA — 9 Sep 2004 The East Bay Regional Park District will join in the 20th annual California Coastal Cleanup Day on Sept. 18 by coordinating volunteer work at its shoreline parks along San Francisco Bay and Carquinez Strait... Tiger moth in decline but Blair takes a bow — Telegraph.co.uk, London, England, UK — 6 Sep 2004 Two thirds of British moth species have declined over the past 35 years, with potentially devastating implications for wildlife, according to data gathered by a nationwide network of light traps... Biologist helping track comebacks — The News-Press, Fort Myers, FL, USA — 4 Sep 2004 But within a year, Allen, a research biologist who spent nearly 40 years studying wildlife in West Virginia and Maine, was back on the job studying Cape Coral’s eastern burrowing owls and the rare Florida purplewing butterfly... Edward Wiltshire — Telegraph.co.uk, London, England, UK — 4 Sep 2004 Edward Wiltshire, who has died aged 94, spent more than 40 years in the Consular service, mostly in the Middle East but also in South America and Europe; in his spare time he built up a formidable expertise, and an international reputation, in entomology... Butterflies, flowers work together to complete life cycle — Houston Chronicle, Houston, TX, USA — 3 Sep 2004 Butterflies and flowers have a done deal, a mutually beneficial partnership that works like this: Butterflies need food, and flowers need help with pollination... Where are all the monarchs? — Toronto Star, Toronto, Ontario, Canada — 2 Sep 2004 Every spring they journey more than 3,000 kilometres, soaring 1,500 metres above cities, streams and highways, across an entire continent... Legal Agreement sets Timeline to Protect Seven Imperiled Swallowtail Butterflies on Three Continents — Environmental News Network, Berkeley, CA, USA — 1 Sep 2004 The Center for Biological Diversity and the Xerces Society yesterday reached an agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) on a timeline to protect seven foreign swallowtail butterfly species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA)... Control peachtree borers now — Kinston Free Press, Kinston, NC, USA — 1 Sep 2004 The peachtree borer, Synanthedon exitiosa, and the lesser peachtree borer, Synanthedon pictipes, are the most important pests of peachs in the southern United States... In search of flying ‘jewels’ — The Hindu, Chennai, India — 1 Sep 2004 How will global warming affect butterflies? How does one identify some of the rare species? Why do butterflies migrate? A three-day ‘butterfly meet’ conducted by the city-based Nature group, Warblers & Waders, at the Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary recently, served to enlighten ‘butterfliers’ on little-known facts about the winged beauties... |
