Beauties on Beasts
Do you recall back in July when Tom Duval, the original instigator, sent us down this path of necrophagy in butterflies?
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What’s In a Name?
In this month’s post we feature Mike Toliver’s timely article on common/English names. I sprinkle in some of my interesting July photos. First, here are some tidbits and announcements which I hope will grab your attention.
Magnificent to Macabre
Some recent fun stories and a couple of interesting tidbits from the butterfly world of New Mexico and elsewhere.
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Are Butterflies Good Pollinators? It’s complicated.
Are butterflies good pollinators? Or, do they pollinate by accident? Does it matter? You decide.
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A Spring Interlude in Southern AZ and CA
Somehow it came to be June. How did that happen? This month we have an announcement, a nice story about Stanfords’ Blue by Joshua C’deBaca, and a couple travel stories from yours truly.
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It’s Spring and Butterflyers are Getting Busy
A couple of brief but important announcements and then a wonderful surprise out of Portales.
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Why Does It Matter?
Insects are responsible for around 85% of the critical pollination of plants. Without them a cascade of events happens. The food we rely on slowly disappears, birds die of hunger, and biodiversity crashes. What can we do to help?
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How do we shift our thinking?
To really help pollinators we need to make a shift from traditional, sterile landscapes to wilder, more native plantings, reduce pesticide use and leave Fall leaves and stems.
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Butterflies: A Consuming Passion
I am looking forward to good butterflying in 2024. In this month’s blog we have two stories.
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