Fortunately they have the full force of the US research funding - oh wait… Nevermind.
Another one?
Throw it on the pile of other things that will kill us while politicians dont care about it
so to sum up, populations of insects that feed on/harm trees are growing and more able to complete their life cycles given the warmer winters. i don’t really subscribe to the philosophy of hobbes, but this makes me think of the road and how there were just no more trees. would be a brutish existence indeed never to hear a bird sing again nor find shade beneath the branches of a towering oak.
curiously we had some branches come down in our complex with no weather event and had them checked out and pruned. Now I will have to see if I can find out if insects were involved.
the tree produces a thick resin to protect itself from attacks and fungus, but when they are under drought stress they cant use the resin, so it makes them easy to be the attacked.
The birds have started eating the spotted lantern flies where I am, and I’ve seen a wasp trying to lay eggs in one.
Spotted Lantern Flies just haven’t been on the menu, but nature has learned.
I’m hoping all our bug eating friends discover this new banquet
they are also attracted to the tree of heaven, where they thrive, the tree is also super invasive. you observed a parasitoid wasp attacking the bug.
I see tree of heaven everywhere I go, and I dont understand why there isnt some kind of taskforce to remove it. People have it in their gardens, Everyone should know about the lantern flies by now, why is this tree not being managed!?
the tree is probably hard to remove, it can regenerate from its roots, i think has deep and long roots.
Tons of those trees in TN. No management whatsoever.
holy crap… im in TN and hate cutting down trees but I recently had enough of a grove of them on my property. I only knew their name from a plant app, not how bad they were. My first thought was “Im going to have fun with a chainsaw” but it turns out that’s how you get a grove of them… it causes root suckering when you cut them… they’re like Hydra. It’s ne of the few cases where experts recommend poisoning. Glad I saw this post!
They’re being managed where I live, but most cities don’t have a forestry service the way mine does.
We pay a ton of taxes to the local municipality but in return get one of the nicest places in the country to live.
Meanwhile this admin seems to be doing everything it can to defund science (amongst everything else).
It seems so bizarre to me to see their swathe of supporters who seem so skeptical and even hostile to science, yet whose lives are utterly chock a block with utilities, luxuries and toys made possible by science.
florida is already fully in denial, and they have so much invasive plants there, and animals.
Nope. Those are innovations of profit and greed almighty. The pursuit of knowledge and humanism are works of Satan.
My particular fairy tale of choice is The Flying Spaghetti Monster, but all hail Satan! 👹
bird populations are also soaring
birds have been on the decline for decades.
Not over this last season
There was a massive boost up north
I’d love to read something positive. is there an article you can share?
So you do not live in a forest? ok then: living first hand with it: our bird populations and feeders are exploding right now with birds. it has been an unusual summer with birds and the territorial battles. several more nests. lot more owls, squirrels too.
it could also be that bird populations are not dipping but shifting depending on many factors of liveable areas(noise pollution affects birds a lot). And conservation efforts which are being done successfully in different parts of the globe. if they are being reported as fewer somewhere, that is just one place.it is not everywhere and it is not all experience. bird population is one of the hardest ones for studies to nail down because of this so most they can give is an estimate. anyone giving you an absolute of all birds on the planet only do so for gaining money for saying such.
you dont have to take my (or anyone’s) word for it though: you can experience the wild life changes on the land first hand. go chill in a forest. do it often in several different forests. or do what i do: live there and travel to others often. see the patterns.note the patterns (fantastic for getting out of one’s head)
you dont have to just command someone to only write the experience of how you should experience life for you. especially if it is just one side of the story.
live positive i say. dont just read postive. free the brain from the shackles of the indoor news (especially of news that is about your area) and go see for yourself. in fact it is your duty to demand of yourself to follow up on news you hear by go seeking it out to know for yourself. feed the brain. dont just have others feed it for you.
plus it is worthwhile to see if the news has gathered all the facts or feeding you a narrow perspective.
A lot of people write a lot of lies to get an emotional response to control others. this is how news is today. so better not just read but demand of yourself to go see it for yourself in local areas that are easy to get to. bird populations are one of the few things in science they cant do absolutes on. i know this as ive followed up with professors behind the scenes out of personsl interest. there is a lot of money changing hands to speak in absolutes. And if this interests you it is your duty to also find and understand those nuances when a news story is written.
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