My son in Boulder says they get the "infestation" right on the dot every 20 years.
They are also important pollinators. On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 9:57 PM Jon Zingale <[email protected]> wrote: > Wow, they are everywhere! According to wikipedia: > > Army cutworms are one of the richest foods for predators, such as brown > bears <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_bear>, in this ecosystem, > where up to 72 per cent of the moth's body weight is fat, thus making it > more calorie-rich than elk or deer.[10] > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_cutworm#cite_note-10> This is the > highest known body fat percentage of any animal.[11] > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_cutworm#cite_note-11> > > And according to the New Mexican: > > `... they do not carry disease, Formby said, and they’re not the type of > moth that will get into your clothes closet and start shredding your new > camel hair jacket.` > > > -- --- .-. . .-.. --- -.-. -.- ... -..-. .- .-. . -..-. - .... . -..-. . > ... ... . -. - .. .- .-.. -..-. .-- --- .-. -.- . .-. ... > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > -- Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D. President, Center for Emergent Diplomacy emergentdiplomacy.org Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA [email protected] <[email protected]> mobile: (303) 859-5609 skype: merle.lelfkoff2 twitter: @Merle_Lefkoff
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