Reference my post dated December 5, 2016 entitled Fall Habitat Maintenance and the comment from Stephen Thomforde regarding heterogeneity as it relates to leaving the leaves. Specifically Stephen wanted to remind us that we should "manage our landscape in ways that mimic biomass harvest by grazing … [Read more...]
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Reporting Monarch Habitat
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) has declared that our habitat development has added up to a good summer for monarchs "Wisconsin’s 'supergeneration' of monarchs are now flying 1,700 miles to their overwintering sites in Mexico where official population counts will be taken. … [Read more...]
Fall Equinox 2019
Have you noticed the days have been getting shorter? In fact, today, Monday September 23, 2019 at 2:50 am CDT, we reached the autumnal equinox when the night was about as long as the day. This equality between night and day also happens during the spring equinox in late March. From now on (for 182 … [Read more...]
Monarch Population Status and the Weather
If you haven't already read Chip Taylor's early predictions for this year's Monarch population, I reprint it below for your information. I found his explanation about how temperatures affect the survivability of the Monarchs pretty interesting. Monarch Population Status – by Chip Taylor* To … [Read more...]
Late Monarch Arrivals in Texas may mean Loss of Population Growth
Last month, Chip Taylor, Founder and Director of Monarch Watch, responded to a question related to the potential for monarch migration routes being shut down between Mexico and Texas because of the cold weather, and what this would mean for monarch population growth. The writer understood monarchs … [Read more...]
Nature vs the Emerald Ash Borer
As we all know, the Midwest and the Northern Plains have been hit by some bitterly cold winter weather this week, and although it could have been deadly for any living thing, there is hope it will indeed be deadly for a most hated non-native insect called the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) (Agrilus … [Read more...]