Posted on Apr 13, 2022
In Johnson County, biologists are poisoning trees to save birds and butterflies
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Nearly 1,000 people who chop down a Bradford or other Callery pear in their yards this spring will get to pick a free native tree.
Let’s talk about very hungry caterpillars.
In Kansas and Missouri, they face an increasingly difficult time finding things to eat. That’s making it ever harder for butterflies and moths to survive.
Their populations are shrinking, especially in the Midwest, and the birds that eat them are disappearing, too.
The invasive Callery pear trees (also known as Bradford pears, Cleveland pears, etc.) spreading like weeds across Kansas and Missouri don’t get all the blame — not by a longshot.
Let’s talk about very hungry caterpillars.
In Kansas and Missouri, they face an increasingly difficult time finding things to eat. That’s making it ever harder for butterflies and moths to survive.
Their populations are shrinking, especially in the Midwest, and the birds that eat them are disappearing, too.
The invasive Callery pear trees (also known as Bradford pears, Cleveland pears, etc.) spreading like weeds across Kansas and Missouri don’t get all the blame — not by a longshot.
In Johnson County, biologists are poisoning trees to save birds and butterflies
Posted from kcur.org
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Our invasive species here in my area are locust and eastern cedars. It's a battle to keep them in check on my property.
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Messing with gods plants and animals always leads to something unintended 90% of it is bad. If you can't see the beauty of the area you are in, then move back to the highrise big cities. Every scenery is beautiful in it's own right. Open your minds and your eyes to see the beauty. Get off your phone and computer and see the real world as god intended you to see it. In the south they have to deal with kudzu, another chinese invasive plant brought here by man.
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