Peepers are such a rite of spring around here, sometimes I forget that there are people who don't know what they sound like. As for the salamander, I love those little guys! Northern red-backs lay eggs in moist areas, like under leaves and in rotting trees on the ground. A lot of other salamanders need vernal pools, like frogs and toads do, to mate and lay eggs.
According to Colleen, the entomologist who released the beetles, it may take ten years to see a difference.
It didn't come out very well, but because you asked nicely:
The helmet has two long pieces of plastic tbing coming off it, supposed to be antennae, and the shirt had white spots on the back. But like I said, it didn't come out very well.
I don't thenk the adelgids are beetles, but I don't know, because they're so small I can't see them. The predator beetles we just released are only about the size of a pinhead, and they're large compared to the adelgids. OK, I just looked up pics of the adelgids, and they look kinda like lice. Eeewww!
The adelgids are just the tip of the iceberg up here. We've banned all out-of-state firewood in hopes to try and keep emerald ash borers out, but they've been found an hour or so from the Maine border in New Hampshire. The other really nasty one is the Asian long-horned beetle. One of our biggest industries in Maine is forest products (otherwise known as trees), and these bugs can kill entire forests in a short time.
I'm a very visual learner, Joe, so I'm not sure how much you could help me, but thanks for the offer! As for the peepers, we love them, loud as they may be. It means that f***ing winter is finally over!
We certainly have more appreciation for what we have than a lot of people, Ben. I've had to work for everything I have all my life. In the end, I think I'm better off for it. I certainly appreciate it when a friend sends me something out of the blue, like your PSP and my current laptop.
Apology accepted.
Joe, think about what you just said. Now, come over here so I can smack you upside the head Gibbs-style. I live in New England, I would have to live in a closet not to know anything about the Red Sox. Plus, we are the home of their AAA team. My nephew has still not forgiven Ortiz for being sent down to the Sea Dogs after surgery, as it meant we couldn't get tickets to go to a game that summer. Also, I have been following baseball since I was a very small child. I know who Yu is, I know who the Rangers are.
DS is current gen, sweetie. And you and I will always be behind the times because we be poor folk. I know I don't care, do you? Nope, didn't think so.
