Warm weather has bugs starting to come out
By Paul Nelson, KTVN
The warm and sunny weather has more than just the birds enjoying the outdoors.
People are also taking advantage of the spring-like weather along with those of the six-leg variety. “Insects, being cold-blooded, as soon as it starts warming up, things start happening with them,” says Jeff Knight, entomologist, Nevada Department of Agriculture.
Knight says what’s happening now is more common around the first of April. “I’m seeing a lot of activity in my own yard of things that are not normal for another month or so.”
Knight says box elders and clover mites tend to come out first. And if the warm weather continues, we’ll see even more species. “Definitely, the honey bees will come out and go out and explore. They’re not going to find much, at this time.”
Hummingbirds at our feeder, robins in the yard and bushes sprouting buds…….in February. Upside down winter for sure.
Atomic, it is not upside down. Just a micro part of a cycle that spans MILLIONS of years in the Sierra. Do climate zombies actually think there has never been such a warm and dry February in the Sierra in the last 100 million years?? Ha!
No. Isn’t it amazing that humans can disrupt the natural world so much that it overrides the natural cycles?
Blue, The Sierra Nevada range had not formed 100 million years ago. What Climatologist know is that CO2 levels of 400ppm globally have not been seen for at least 800,000 years (analysis of Antarctic ice cores) and probably have not been seen for 2.5 to 5.3 million years; the Pliocene Epoch.
Blue, take it easy man, there is neither ignorance nor political belief in my simple statement. It’s a weird winter, nuff said.