Posted on 07/28/2024 5:34:15 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Scientists are urging the public to help track a declining UK butterfly population as they discover many species are migrating northwards because of climate change.
The Big Butterfly Count is an annual survey led by wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation.
Participants have just one week left to take part as the spotting season ends on 4 August.
The survey asks people to spend 15 minutes in a sunny area and record the number and types of butterflies that they see, as researchers have identified changes to the way they're migrating across the country.
"Butterflies are really temperature sensitive. They love the heat," Dr Dan Hoare at the Butterfly Conservation told Sky News.
"Their caterpillars need specific food plants to eat, they need the right temperatures to complete their lifecycle. The trends are definitely changing as the climate is warming, more habitat is becoming suitable for species further north than they had ever survived before."
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Better to occupy time by going into the fields and tallying
cow and other livestock farts.
Scientists should pay more attention to the Fart Layer located just above the gulf stream.
This is where all farts collect and someday when the layer weighs heaviest it will burst and rain poop upon the world.
Where concentration is heaviest, so much will fall upon DC.
It might help if they cut out the geo-engineering as that is probably a major reason why wildlife is dying off.
Are you supposed to tag the butterfly after you count it, to make sure it’s not double counted? Or do we just rely on the Dominion voting machines to avoid count fraud?
One of the environuts needs to check all of their “windmills” and count the butterfly splats on each blade.
They might as well count clouds.
Regards,
I’m kind of busy today. Don’t think I will have time to do this.
“Participants have just one week left to take part as the spotting season ends on 4 August.”
One. Add that to the total.
I’d like to see someone try that
OK guys sit still while I count noses...
Pesticides and lawn care zaps a lot of them ... fireflies too.
I just simply do t have the time- far too busy collect8ng unicorn farts to power my electric weed whacker to count butterflies to further a false narrative about “man caused climate change”
The only real climate crisis is the crisis caused by the insanity of the true believer cult.
They are not only destroying the economy they are endangering the entire nation.
I believe that is known as a self fulfilling prophecy.
THEY will MIGRATE to where their food & shelter are.
More & More development causes loss of habitat-—even for a butterfly.
I’ll count my DVD set of Butterflies.
One and that’s it.
An Ok Britcom.
https://youtu.be/8LP6-2lAlvs?si=UyZP59_q10BNX1is
https://extension.psu.edu/monarchs-and-milkweed
Being a grumpy old man that yells at clouds I sit outside with my coffee and watch the butterflies for MY ENJOYMENT.
God planted some milkweeds near my coffee chair. The butterflies do enjoy the milkweed flowers. Haven’t noticed the caterpillars yet eating the milkweeds but they will come.
The milkweeds spread with seeds and rhizomes. If you want a small patch, pull the seed pods to prevent over population.
A weed is a plant that you don’t want there. Milk weeds grow on you.
The epitome of virtue signaling.
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