In the 25 years we lived in ABQ,, we had more frequent invasions than 19 or 20 years apart. If you believe it depends on prime numbers, how about 5 or 7? Also the invasions were much more dense that what we’ve seen here. We’d get up in the morning and hundreds would be jammed under the front door and in the car vents.
Ed __________ Ed Angel Founding Director, Art, Research, Technology and Science Laboratory (ARTS Lab) Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico 1017 Sierra Pinon Santa Fe, NM 87501 505-984-0136 (home) [email protected] 505-453-4944 (cell) http://www.cs.unm.edu/~angel > On May 19, 2020, at 8:05 AM, <[email protected]> > <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > > <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 > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ > <https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/> > > > From: Friam <[email protected] <mailto:[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] > <mailto:[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 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 >> <http://bit.ly/virtualfriam> >> un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> <http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com> >> archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >> <http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/> >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >> <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 > -- --- .-. . .-.. --- -.-. -.- ... -..-. .- .-. . -..-. - .... . -..-. . ... > ... . -. - .. .- .-.. -..-. .-- --- .-. -.- . .-. ... > 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 > <http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com> > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > <http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/> > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > <http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/>
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