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The summer of 2017 is going to be a bad year for the miller moth eating bears of the Colorado Rocky Mountains (note: black bears only - there are no grizzlies i
by dwills1 9y ago
The summer of 2017 is going to be a bad year for the miller moth eating bears of the Colorado Rocky Mountains (note: black bears only - there are no grizzlies in Colorado). It seems there was a late freezing rain/frost that killed many if not most miller moth grubs this year. I normally experience an onslaught in the migration as I'm on their path from the eastern plains to the mountains. Normal years I see dozens per night from June 1 to July 15, several somehow squeezing into my house each day. This year there were essentially zero miller moths.
- kornish 9y agoReminds me of going to summer camp as a child in Estes Park (north of Boulder). Every summer, dozens of moths would inhabit the cabins, attracted to kids' headlamps as we read books before bed. Kind of disincentivized people to stay up reading, and we all went to bed straightaway. Can't imagine there not being an armada of moths waiting in the wings.