Tag: Insects
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Swarms of miller moths making annual Front Range pilgrimage
It’s miller time. Swarms of fluttering, dusty miller moths will zigzag across the Front Range for at least the next three weeks as they make their annual migration from Colorado’s Southeastern Plains in search of flowers. Whitney Cranshaw, a professor emeritus of entomology at Colorado State University, told The Denver Gazette that drought and late freezes along…
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West Nile virus found in northern Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Mosquitoes collected in Weld County have tested positive for West Nile virus, the mosquito-borne disease that can cause fever and headaches, and in some cases lead to encephalitis, a brain infection. The positive tests represent the first confirmed case of the virus in the Colorado…