@NovaNaturalist on Nostr: npub1zdp33…2vqv8 wow. Do you know what sp of cuckoo this is? And in my hunt to ...
npub1zdp33shl69xr0uq3x8n5gsjykq9upycwh6nqm02c3f6x0frrn0dq42vqv8 (npub1zdp…vqv8) wow. Do you know what sp of cuckoo this is?
And in my hunt to learn more, I gained a new word...
Myrmecomorphy
...and then I realised I had encountered mymecomorphy before - but only of ant grubs. In the UK, the Large Blue Butterfly was extirpated because we didn't know about the myrmecomorphic behaviour of Large Blue Butterfly caterpillars until it was too late. Now we know better, and have reintroduced it successfully.
More here: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/25/large-blue-butterfly-numbers-soar-in-britain
And in my hunt to learn more, I gained a new word...
Myrmecomorphy
...and then I realised I had encountered mymecomorphy before - but only of ant grubs. In the UK, the Large Blue Butterfly was extirpated because we didn't know about the myrmecomorphic behaviour of Large Blue Butterfly caterpillars until it was too late. Now we know better, and have reintroduced it successfully.
More here: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/25/large-blue-butterfly-numbers-soar-in-britain