Warm December

[enewsguy]

I noticed Giant swallowtail larva still undeveloped late this fall and
concluded that we would have an unseasonably mild fall/winter.  I even took
pictures of more than one larva in several locations and pointed this out to
my relatives living in that area.

I is my opinion that the Insects know more about the coming winter than we
believe, much more.  For years I have been studying install trends in the
fall and overtime they have been right on as to what type of fall/winter we
would have.

This only makes sense since it is a built in survival mechanism instead of
conscious thought and planing.

A simple mistake as to when the larva pupates/hibernates could mean the end
of a species.  Since this does not happen it is more likely that mother
nature has already predetermine their path.

So far this has worked quite well with the Dragonflies and Cockroaches.




Sunsol <SUNSOL at prodigy.net> wrote in message
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>
> We are having unseasonable warm temperatures in the San  Francisco bay
area.
> Yesterday was probably about 70, and warmer than many summer days, since
> there was no fog. A gulf fritillary came to lay eggs in my yard. I guess
> I'll be having caterillars in January and February. I didn't see any
other
> butterflies out, not even skippers or cabbage whites. Did anybody  else
> notice butterflies out and about yesterday?
>
> Sally
>
>