[tn-moths] Re: High gear
- From: kjchilds <kjchilds@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tn-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tn-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "ncsc-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ncsc-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:25:13 -0700 (PDT)
It sounds like I'm even ahead of you. Wild plum flowers are mostly done here
and the Redbuds have been going strong for more that a week.
I'll have to keep an eye out for the Abbot's caterpillars. They're as cool
looking as the adults!
Ken Childs
Henderson, TN
Chester County
http://tinyurl.com/FinishFlagFarmsMoths
http://www.finishflagfarms.com
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From: Marvin Smith <ms6wood@xxxxxxxxx>
To: ncsc-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: tn-moths <tn-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 11:00 AM
Subject: [tn-moths] Re: High gear
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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