Hi, Merle,
Are you sure it’s not 19 years? The standard “take” on insect eruptions is (used to be?) that they occur on a cycle of prime numbers to make it harder for creatures with shorter cycles to “track” them. See https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/the-cicadas-love-affair-with-prime-numbers for a pretty thin introduction to the idea. N Nicholas Thompson Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology Clark University <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] <https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ From: Friam <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Merle Lefkoff Sent: Monday, May 18, 2020 10:01 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Miller, miller moths everywhere... 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] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Wow, they are everywhere! According to wikipedia: Army cutworms are one of the richest foods for predators, such as <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_bear> brown bears, 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. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_cutworm#cite_note-10> [10] This is the highest known body fat percentage of any animal. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_cutworm#cite_note-11> [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 <http://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 <http://emergentdiplomacy.org> Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> mobile: (303) 859-5609 skype: merle.lelfkoff2 twitter: @Merle_Lefkoff
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