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Butterflies
By: AGelbert Date: July 9, 2014, 12:35 am
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Re: Butterflies
By: AGelbert Date: January 28, 2015, 6:05 pm
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[quote author=Eddie link=topic=559.msg65809#msg65809
date=1422478284]
From his amazing capacity for rampant, conscience free predation
to his incredible self worship and ego loving idiocy, mankind
has been an excellent example of how to consistently do the
wrong thing to perpetuate his species since the dawn of
creation.
Whatever we may occasionally disagree on, AG, I respect you and
find you to be extremely ethical. I agree with the above
statement, too, with all my heart. The biggest question i have
for anybody who wants to listen is this:
How can we do everything wrong over and over and over, in so
many different areas of life, and expect the planet to just keep
giving us all its bounty?
How can we spend a thousand years worth of resources in a
hundred years, fight dozens of unnecessary wars, and expect to
have enough resources left to have food, medicine, and people
care?[/quote]
Eddie,
Thank you for your vote of confidence. Considering the
credibility problem I have here because I am a Christian, never
mind that I am a hard boiled, do the math, science educated geek
in regard to what is true and what ain't in the physical
universe, that helps muffle the mockers somewhat. [img
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Always remember that when I debate you, I am doing it in the
spirit of the following wise proverb:
[quote][font=times new roman] Faithful are the wounds from a
friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.[/font][/quote]
I was raised in Kansas and that's they way the people of good
will communicate there. I'm certain that in Texas, it is no
different.
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By the way, I just watched a fantastic video of the Monarch
butterfly life cycle in the Western Hemisphere (Monarchs in
other parts of the planet don't migrate or, if they do migrate,
they migrate a much shorter distance).
Every year, hoards of them fly through Texas on their way to the
Mexican wintering haven (that the Homo SAPS there are busy
illegally logging and destroying because, uh, "they've got to
feed their kids"
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/>It seems Homo apex predatorus stupidus is well represented in
Mexico too. And the (fossil fuel based) pesticides and
herbicides emitted from crop duster aircraft in the USA kill
thousands of Monarchs before they get there.
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The irony of watching the video footage of a Monarch being
wasted by a crop dusting aircraft is that the documentary video
was SPONSORED by ExxonMobil and David Koch. How ecologically
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The "the Mexicans are the worst bad guys" ;) SPIN is present in
the video. These fossil fuelers are VERY clever. Please observe
the amount of time they devote to all the damage being done by
illegal logging (interviews with law enforcement, illegal
loggers and biologist warnings with lots of dead tree footage)
compared with less than a minute of a crop duster plane spraying
a field and offing a single Monarch. Not a SINGLE interview
with the drop dusters and not a single recommendation to outlaw
crop dusting, OF COURSE! Profits must be
preserved!
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But the life cycle info and footage of these delicate beauties
that fly 2000 miles [b]every fourth generation [/b](they KNOW
where they are going without being taught. They caught some in
Kansas, moved them to the East coast, and they still found their
way to Mexico! :o :emthup:).
Here's the video if you haven't seen it. Please let me know if
you have witnessed the migration. Be sure to thank MKing for
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Re: Butterflies
By: AGelbert Date: January 30, 2015, 12:26 am
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01/29/2015 11:55 AM
Monarch Butterflies Bounce Back A Bit
SustainableBusiness.com News
Right now, 56.5 million monarch butterflies are hibernating in
Mexico, a slightly higher number than last year's lowest-ever
count of 34 million.
Nine colonies of monarchs are covering trees on 2.79 acres, up
from just 1.65 acres last year, according to World Wildlife
Fund-Mexico and the Mexican government.
"The population increase is welcome news, but the monarch must
reach a much larger population size to be able to bounce back
from ups and downs," from severe weather, pesticides, climate
change, disease and predation, says Tierra Curry, a researcher
with the Center for Biological Diversity, which petitioned for
protection under the Endangered Species Act along with Center
for Food Safety, Xerces Society and other organizations.
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Monarch wintering
In the mid-1990s, there were 1 billion monarchs. During that
decade, monarchs never covered less than 13 acres in Mexico and
hit a high of 44.95 acres in 1993. But over the last decade
since GMO agriculture was introduced, monarchs have been
suffering dramatic declines.
Scientists expected more monarchs this year because of
near-perfect weather conditions during their breeding season,
but they hoped for a bigger rebound.
"Despite this small increase, monarch populations are still
severely jeopardized by milkweed loss in their summer breeding
grounds due to increasing herbicide use on
genetically-engineered crops," explains George Kimbrell, senior
attorney for Center for Food Safety.
Widespread planting of GMO crops in the Midwest - where most
monarchs are born - is largely driving the decline. Most GMO
crops are sprayed with Monsanto's Roundup herbicide, a potent
milkweed killer - the only plant monarchs lay their eggs on and
which can feed its larvae. Spraying has virtually wiped out
milkweed plants in Midwest corn and soybean fields, depriving
monarchs of more than 165 million acres of habitat - nearly a
third of their summer breeding grounds. Monarchs need a "road"
of milkweed from Canada down through the east and central US to
Mexico.
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Asclepias syriaca (Common Milkweed)
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Monarchs love Backyard milkweeds
Milkweed (Asclepias) is a tough plant that traditionally
blanketed the Midwest. Even turning much of the land to farming
over the last couple hundred years didn't impede the Monarch,
because milkweed (and other wildflowers) still grew along edges
and even between rows of crops. The plants are gorgeous and
easy to grow even in dry conditions.
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Asclepias tuberosa [/I](Butterfly Weed)
"It is crucial that we restore and protect the habitat of this
iconic species in all three countries, but above all that we
limit the use of herbicide and land conversion in the US and
maintain efforts to avoid deforestation in Mexico," says Omar
Vidal, Director General of WWF-Mexico.
[b]Planting Milkweed Across the US [/b]
People have responded by planting milkweed across the US and
Canada, but it's crucial they buy the correct species and from
retailers that don't sell them pre-treated with neonic
pesticides - which aren't labeled. You can locate the right
seeds and plants through Xerces Society and Monarch Watch.
"We've got to get people to plant milkweed all over. [i]We're
not going to save this species unless the public gets involved.
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Saving the monarch
butterfly has to become a national priority," Orley Taylor,
executive director of Monarch Watch told the Denver Post.
This is the kind of project that gets results. Milkweed is being
planted on fallow farm fields, in parks, under power lines, on
federal land, along roads and at senior centers and schools,
says Taylor. A major effort is underway for farmers to bring
back large-scale pollinator habitats.
Learn about projects to bring monarchs back:
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Website:
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Re: Butterflies
By: AGelbert Date: February 13, 2015, 10:22 pm
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Butterfly in the Bamboo Forest: Four videos ;D
Exquisite water droplets on butterfly closups. [img
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NOTE: Best watched in 720 setting
The Chinese consider the bamboo the most righteous of plants.
The species in this film grows 20 meters in 45 days! :o
Also featured is the fastest insect in the world. ;D Enjoy:
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Re: Butterflies
By: AGelbert Date: March 1, 2016, 12:54 pm
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02/29/2016 12:37 PM
Monarch Butterfly Rebounds, Hopeful for Recovery
SustainableBusiness.com News
We are so happy to hear that after a year's-worth of intense
effort, monarch butterflies are rebounding, giving us hope for
the future of these gorgeous pollinators.
This winter, hibernating monarchs covered almost 10 acres in
Mexico, more than tripling from 2014, when they declined to
their lowest levels ever at 1.65 acres. There are about 140
million monarchs, up from 35 million, says World Wildlife Fund.
Environmental groups are cautiously saying the population is
"recovering", but these numbers are still among the lowest
compared to 20 years ago, when a billion monarchs covered 45
acres of Mexican forest.
It may look like bark, but it is monarchs completely covering
the trees:
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director of the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), told the NY
Times. [/quote]
As with most wildlife losses, monarchs face multiple threats
during their 2800-mile migration from Canada to Mexico and back.
You probably know the greatest threat is the loss of milkweed -
the sole plant they lay their eggs on and on which their larvae
feed during summer. The loss of milkweed is a direct result of
increased use of herbicides for GMO agriculture.
[quote]The vast increase of GMO crops across the US midwest has
virtually wiped out milkweed plants, depriving monarchs of a
third of their breeding ground - over 165 million acres of
habitat. New research shows mature monarchs (and bees) die if
they take nectar from GMO crops, in addition to being killed by
spraying.
Erratic weather patterns from climate change and illegal logging
in Mexico's "monarch forest" also contribute to their demise.
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Last year, milkweed grew on 250,000 more acres, either through
new plantings or by stopping the use of pesticides.
FWS established the Monarch Conservation Fund - the first
dedicated fund for the iconic butterflies - showing what a
measly $2 million can do. Grants are given to community groups,
businesses and local governments to create "monarch oases across
the country." From California to the Corn Belt, and from Texas
to Minnesota, habitats are being restored along the Monarch's
migration route.
[quote]You can buy seeds or plants - which must be native to
your area - through Xerces Society and Monarch Watch.
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A 2014 executive order from President Obama directs federal
agencies to "reverse pollinator losses and help restore
populations to healthy levels" of bees, birds, bats, and
butterflies - as "critical contributors to our nation's economy,
food system, and environmental health." Last year, the
government released a strategy to restore 7 million acres of
land for pollinator habitat over the next 5 years.
And thanks to lawsuits by environmental groups, EPA is taking
two of the worst herbicides off the market.
Read our article, Spring is Here: Bees & Birds Get Help From
Farmers.
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Re: Butterflies
By: AGelbert Date: October 25, 2018, 1:08 pm
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Caterpillars are the tubby, ever-hungry, slightly awkward larval
stage of butterflies, skippers and moths. While most human eyes
may prefer the aesthetics of their final, winged forms,
caterpillars are pretty cool in their own right.
Check out amazing, intimate footage by Samuel Jaffe of The
Caterpillar Lab on Facebook or YouTube. The Lab, located in New
England, works to highlight these wonderful, strange backyard
animals and spark interest in the natural world.
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