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Moths at Whitefish Point
The other day we had a delightful morning with moths at our moths lights at Whitefish Point. Here’s a sample of what we had. Celery leaf tier on the left. Pale glyph on the right. Eastern panthea. Horned spanworm on the left. Powder moth on the right. Lettered habrosyne Northern pine looper. Rosy maple moth.…
A morning at Whitefish Point
Sunrise yesterday was stunning, making it a great time to go for a walk after breakfast. There was a group of six Common Loons on the bay. Piping Plover on a nest within the nest enclosure. Blue flag iris and orange hawkweed. Beach pea. Sand cherry. Susan counting the Lake Huron tansies. Getting close for…
The Great Influenza
The other day I finished re-reading The Great Influenza, which I originally read early in the century when I was still teaching. I had used influenza, the virus as a critical part of explaining the relationship between evolution, genetics and disease. This book addresses all of those issues. Influenza is an RNA virus, as is…
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