News (Archive) | November 2005

Butterflies & moths on the WWW | Headlines

Migratory butterflies, fans, crowd Kikai Island —
Japan Today, Tokyo, Japan — 18 November 2005
A large number of chestnut tiger butterflies, known for their long-distance migration behavior, have arrived in Kikai Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, attracting many fans from across Japan who are eager to track their places of origin...

The bright secret of butterfly wings —
MSNBC, USA — 17 November 2005
Science was way behind nature in developing LED light technology, a new study finds...

Mexico expects more monarch butterflies —
CBC Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada — 9 November 2005
As many as 200 million monarch butterflies are expected to head south to Mexico this year, a nearly tenfold increase over last year...

Mount Vernon group boasts huge collections of butterflies, bird eggs —
MyWestTexas.com, Midland, TX, USA — 7 November 2005
Franklin County has an active historical association. J. D. Baumgardner says his community of Mount Vernon puts a sign in front of all the historical homes...

Tracking butterflies’ 4800-km trail —
Daily News & Analysis, Mumbai, India — 4 November 2005
Mexic Cows ran for cover and schoolchildren wearing black and orange wings cheered as an ultra-light pilot tracking the monarch butterfly migration ended his 4,800 km journey from Canada to Mexico on Thursday...