I am sharing material about butterflies coping with climate change, taking facts from an article titled “Soft-winged Sentinels”, written by Madeleine Finlay, published in New Scientist Magazine, July 11-17, 2020 edition. New Scientist is based in the United Kingdom. Any omissions or errors in the following are mine. L. Glover Butterflies are cold-blooded animals and
I’m old enough to remember having to scrape the bugs off the windshield every time we filled up with gas in the summertime. Insects were numerous, especially in the evening. Where did they all go? I also remember an advertising slogan that said, “The only good bug is a dead bug”. Wrong! Something like 80%
In his new book Nature’s BestHope Doug Tallamy, professor in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware, challenges urban and suburban home owners to create wildlife habitat in their yards. He discusses why we can no longer rely on the few remaining wild spaces, including nature preserves and national parks,
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Bringing Nature Home written by Doug Tallamy, Timber Press Inc This book was first published in 2007 and has become more relevant every year, going into its 13th printing in 2019. The subtitle”How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants” sums it up. Tallamy clearly explains the relationship between plants and animals (includes insects) and
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Print resources Darke, Rick and Tallmay, Douglas W. The Living Landscape Designing for Beauty and Biodiversity in the Home Garden. Timber Press 2014 Holm, Heather. Bees: an Identification and Native Plant Forage Guide. Pollination Press, 2017. Holm, Heather. Pollinators of Native Plants: Attract, Observe and Identify Pollinators and Beneficial Insects with Native Plants. Pollination Press
“If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If all insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos” E.O. Wilson, Biologist, Naturalist, Writer What is a native plant or animal?Native species can be defined as plants and animals
Published by Storey Publishing in 2015, this book by David A. Bainbridge provides numerous low cost solutions to water efficiency in a garden. Although written from the perspective of a scientist who works in the Sonoran desert in the Arizona, there are many ideas that are adaptable to the home garden. Given that water is
Bernd Heinrich is a biologist, naturalist and superb writer. This collection of essays contains a wealth of information on trees, plants, insects, birds and mammals. Heinrich describes the common thread connecting the essays as “the interconnectedness of all life and their relation to our individual human lives.” Heinrich’s observations and accessible writing style make what