In my part of California, I'm now noticing every "cabbage moth." Strictly an anecdotal impression, but numbers of all species have crashed. I'm old enough to remember seeing many times the number I see today. Heartbreaking.
And I'm old enough to remember when seeing a butterfly was no big deal. In recent years there have been times when I was in a park or the zoo or other community places and some child would shout "Look mom, a butterfly!" and people would turn their heads to see it. In my childhood they used to spatter on our windshields and I collected wings from my dad's car radiator grill.
In my part of California, I'm now noticing every "cabbage moth." Strictly an anecdotal impression, but numbers of all species have crashed. I'm old enough to remember seeing many times the number I see today. Heartbreaking.
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm old enough to remember when seeing a butterfly was no big deal. In recent years there have been times when I was in a park or the zoo or other community places and some child would shout "Look mom, a butterfly!" and people would turn their heads to see it. In my childhood they used to spatter on our windshields and I collected wings from my dad's car radiator grill.
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