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James Adams contacted me regarding some additional moths they had found on their road trip through Nebraska last summer (see Feb 6 post). As a result of his previous communication five new moth species were added to Nebraska’s known moth list. In his latest communication five more species are added to our state list. AllContinue reading “More New Moths (Again)”

WWF has reported that the number of Monarch butterflies overwintering in Mexico this past winter (2024-2025) has roughly doubled from the previous year (2023-2024). But before we pop the champagne corks realize that 2023-2024 population was the second lowest on record, so the bar was set pretty low. Read all about it here. Also inContinue reading “Good News (sorta) and Trees Useful to Lepidoptera”

The other day I got an email from Colin Croft who resides in the Scotts Bluff area and is an avid observer of the natural world (including Lepidoptera). Colin had connected with Chuck Harp (curator of the insect collection at Colorado State University in Fort Collins) and sent him some moths to identify. Chuck identifiedContinue reading “More New Moths”

Several days of snow and sub-zero temperatures (not to mention “brisk” breezes) were bringing on a case of the winter blahs. Then I open my email and there’s a Nebraska Statewide Arboretum newsletter. Pictures of green things – instant cheer! Then it gets better. There is a Zoom presentation March 13 on the importance ofContinue reading “Plants for our Insect Friends”

Terry Mason reached out to inform me that he has sighted two butterflies in Custer County that had not yet been recorded there, these being an Olive/Juniper Hairstreak and several Snout Butterflies. Larvae of the hairstreak feed on cedars so this species should eventually be found in every county. But being very local, small (easilyContinue reading “Two New Custer County Records”