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Tag Archives: butterfly
Pesticide makers have found a new way to kill bees
argylesock says… Only a few days ago here in Europe, a temporary ban came into place on three neonics. Clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam. Now another neonic called sulfoxaflor, made by the chemical and biotech giant Dow AgroSciences, has been approved … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, ecology, money and trade
Tagged arthropod, bumblebee, butterfly, clothianidin, conservation, honeybee, hymenopteran, imidacloprid, insect, insecticide, law, lepidopteran, neonicotinoid, pesticide, pollination, sulfoxaflor, thiamethoxam, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, wild bee, wild pollinator
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Butterflies in Britain, summer 2013
Lewis at woodlands.co.uk announced the results of the Big Butterfly Count for summer 2013. Here’s his blog post about it. It’s good news on the whole. This confirms a report of conservation successes for some kinds of insect and some … Continue reading
Posted in ecology
Tagged arthropod, butterfly, conservation, data, indicator species, insect, lepidopteran
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Another GM maize may soon be grown in Europe
European farmers can grow two GM (genetically modified, genetically engineered, GE) crops. Soon, they may get the choice of growing another. One of the GM crops approved for European cultivation is an insect-resistant maize (corn, Zea mays) called MON810. Its … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, money and trade
Tagged arthropod, BASF, beetle, biotechnology, Bt crop, Bt toxin, butterfly, coleopteran, corn, Dow, DuPont, farmer, genetic modification, glufosinate, grain, herbicide, herbicide resistance, insect, law, lepidopteran, maize, maize 1507, maize MON810, Monsanto, moth, pest, pesticide, plant_monocot, politics, pollination, potato, potato Amflora, trade, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, vegetable
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Nature conservation succeeds in parts of Europe
The State of Nature Report was sobering news for us in Britain in May 2013. I told you about it at the time. But a few weeks later, evidence came in Ecology Letters that conservation efforts may be paying off … Continue reading
Posted in ecology, knowledge transfer, money and trade
Tagged arthropod, beetle, biodiversity, butterfly, coleopteran, conservation, data, dipteran, ecosystem, finance, habitat loss, history, hymenopteran, insect, intensive, knowledge, land use, lepidopteran, moth, pollination, pollution, research, wild pollinator, wildlife
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Lepidoptera of the month: Large white and small white butterflies
Here’s my Lepidopteran of the Month series. You might choose to follow my ‘butterfly’ tag for other posts in this series. Today, a day late for July, let’s admire the cabbage whites. Admire them? Well, more likely loathe them. For … Continue reading
Posted in ecology, horticulture
Tagged allotment, arthropod, brassica, broccoli, butterfly, cabbage, cabbage white butterfly, garden, gardener, history, insect, large white butterfly, larva, lepidopteran, pest, plant_dicot, small white butterfly, vegetable
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Bees and butterflies are doing surprisingly well in Britain
Lewis at woodlands.co.uk tells us that, in Britain this year, bees and butterflies are doing better than expected. There’s still time to do the Big Butterfly Count one sunny day, and we’re getting plenty of sunny days! I did the … Continue reading
Posted in ecology, horticulture
Tagged allotment, arthropod, brassica, butterfly, conservation, data, garden, hymenopteran, insect, insecticide, invertebrate, law, lepidopteran, neonicotinoid, pesticide, plant_dicot, wild bee
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Big Butterfly Count
If you’re in Britain, Butterfly Conservation invites you to take part in this year’s Big Butterfly Count. This will be fun. Also it will be useful because butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera) tell us what’s happening on the land. That is, … Continue reading
Posted in ecology, knowledge transfer
Tagged arthropod, butterfly, climate, conservation, data, ecosystem, indicator species, insect, lepidopteran, moth, research, weather
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Lepidopteran of the month: Small tortoiseshell butterfly
Here’s my Lepidopteran of the Month series, back after a few months’ hibernation. You might choose to follow my ‘butterfly’ tag for other posts in this series. Today, in June, let’s admire the small tortoiseshell butterfly (Aglais urticae) which I … Continue reading
Posted in ecology
Tagged alien species, arthropod, butterfly, climate, data, dipteran, ecosystem, Europe, farm, fly, forest, indicator species, injurious weed, insect, insecticide, larva, lepidopteran, native species, nettle, parasitoid, pesticide, plant_dicot, ragwort, research, small tortoiseshell butterfly, stinging nettle, Sturmia bella, weed, wild parsnip, woodland
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UK Butterflies Suffer Another Set-Back
Originally posted on Birding Frontiers:
With 2013 recording one of the coldest springs for 50 odd years, our British Butterflies have suffered a further set-back. Many have been late to emerge and our rarer species are now on the wing…
Posted in ecology
Tagged arthropod, butterfly, climate, conservation, data, insect, lepidopteran, temperature
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How Monsanto is killing off the monarch butterfly
Originally posted on Everything matters:
By Paul Woodward Yale Environment 360: University of Kansas insect ecologist Orley R. “Chip” Taylor has been observing the fragile populations of monarch butterflies for decades, but he says he has never been more concerned about…
Posted in agriculture, ecology
Tagged America, arthropod, biotechnology, butterfly, conservation, ecosystem, extinction, genetic modification, glyphosate, herbicide, herbicide resistance, insect, lepidopteran, milkweed, monarch butterfly, Monsanto, pesticide, plant_dicot, research, Roundup, Roundup Ready crop, weed
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