Wintering Insects Cleverly Endure Cold Across Species
A Country Living article explains how insects survive winter with varied strategies. Mud daubers build adobe homes while cicadas carry shelters on their backs and honeybees form complex hives. Some overwinter in cocoons underground, others in tunnels with pollen stores, and hornets’ nests are abandoned as new colonies form. Bumblebees use abandoned burrows and moss to shield the young, while solitary bees bore essential tunnels and compounding chambers. Hornets’ overwintering queen survives away from frost. Giant silkworm moths pupate in cocoons and emerge in spring, emitting pheromones to attract mates, while Audubon notes luna moths as endangered from pollutants.
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Cathy Johnson
Country Living
Huntley Meadows Park saved from Virginia road plan
In Fairfax County near Washington a 100 acre marsh and wildlife haven in Huntley Meadows Park survived a 15 year bid by developers to pave a four lane road. The Interior Department ruled the project would harm the ecosystem, ending the effort led by Norma Hoffman and the Coalition to Save Huntley. The park now faces beaver driven water level changes and plans for a new boardwalk funded by bonds while officials study the wetland ecology.
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Alexandria
Washington
Huntley Meadows Park
Fairfax County
Interior Department
Norma Hoffman
Rossum
Hoffman
Audrey Hepburn Rose Named by Spring Hill Nurseries
Spring Hill Nurseries of Tipp City Ohio has introduced a new Grandiflora rose named the Audrey Hepburn in honor of the actress. The vigorous disease resistant sun loving plant grows 4 to 5 feet tall with 4 inch apple blossom pink blooms and is available by mail order from Spring Hill.
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Spring Hill Nurseries
Tipp City
Ohio
Audrey Hepburn
Miss Hepburn
Unicef
Minnesota
California
Brooklyn Botanican Gardens
New York
Spring Hill
Dept. AR
N. Galena Road
Peoria
Ill
Mint plant capsules hold new insect repellent trans pulegol
Cornell researchers at Archbold Biological Station in Florida report a nearly extinct mint Microscopic Dicerandra frutescens stores trans pulegol in hermetically sealed leaf capsules. The compound erupts when insects bite, dispersing a peppermint scent that repels ants and irritates a cockroach, illustrating nature’s economical plant defenses and signaling potential for natural product discovery before species vanish.
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Florida
Cornell University
Ithaca
Archbold Biological Station
Lake Placid
Fla
Cornell
Thomas Eisner
Eisner
Florida Biological Station
Mr. Eisner
Queens Last Family Farm Quietly Clings to Life
In Fresh Meadows Queens two acres remain of a once sprawling 100 acre farm. John Klein and his family sell corn cucumbers tomatoes and fruit from a street stand open July to November. Tracts nearby have become brick apartment blocks schools and busy highways as Queens shifts away from farming. The Klein family maintains a small hand weeded operation while operating larger Riverhead fields for stock.
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New York
John Klein
Barbara
New York City
Fresh Meadows
Queens
Florida
Clearview
Mr. Klein
Kleins
Riverhead
Long Island
195Th Street
73Rd Avenue
Sylvia Ehrlich
Michae Morache
Adam
Margaret
Stella
Queensland
Mets
Archie Bunker
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Actias Luna
Audubon
Gary Rossum
Boston
Park Service
Mr. Rossum
George Mason IV
Gunston Hall
Potomac River
Mr. Mason
Thomson F. Mason
Thomson Mason
Huntley
Scotland
U.S
Navy
Rose
By Earl Aronson
AP News
Brooklyn
Staten Island
Bronx
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