[tn-moths] Re: High gear
- From: "Marvin Smith" <ms6wood@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ncsc-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:00:04 -0500
More like “late spring” at the very least here in the Ozarks. Redbuds and wild
plum blooms are just starting to open. If the weather suddenly returned to
normal we could still have a hard freeze. That’s what I’ve been fearing, but
even I am beginning to believe a freeze isn’t going to happen.
Moths are starting to shift into summer species, including the four Lunas I saw
last evening.
Congratulations on the Abbot’s Sphinx, Ken. I found an Abbot’s caterpillar
feeding on Virginia Creeper last June.
Marvin
From: kjchilds
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 8:05 AM
To: ncsc-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: TN-Moths
Subject: [ncsc-moths] Re: High gear
For some plants, it's been months ahead of schedule in this area. The 7 day
forecast still calls for highs around 80 and lows near 60 with chances of
afternoon thunderstorms. Basic early summer weather.
Ken Childs
Henderson, TN
Chester County
http://tinyurl.com/FinishFlagFarmsMoths
http://www.finishflagfarms.com
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From: J. Merrill Lynch <jmerrilllynch@xxxxxxxxx>
To: ncsc-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: TN-Moths <tn-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 6:31 AM
Subject: [ncsc-moths] Re: High gear
Interesting. Abbot's Sphinx would also be a lifer for me and is high
on my list of must-sees.
Temps here in the high country for the next few days are also forecast
to be almost 20 degrees warmer than normal--today's high will be the
warmest since mid-October. However, that does not necessarily
translate to a surge in moth diversity. I think moth emergence like
most natural biotic cycles is more correlated with plant
phenology--the emergence of buds, leaves, and flowers of the local
vegetation. Here, despite the warm temps, the vegetation is still in
winter dormancy but showing signs of spring emergence--for example,
red maples in just the past few days have started flowering.
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