Wet weather may mean more bugs in Colorado
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- Created on Friday, 13 May 2011 13:35
- Written by Nathan
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The recent wet weather along the Front Range will likely mean there will be more bugs and insects in Colorado when temperatures go back up.
Because insects are cold blooded, they slow down when it is cooler. That means the temperature outside is the same temperature bugs feel inside their bodies, making them less active in the cold.
Because recent moisture is helping our plants to grow, when it warms up, those plants will help breed more bugs when they flower.
Experts say it takes a cumulative effect of several years for weather conditions to impact insects, like Miller moths, which are common in Colorado in the spring and summer. Experts say it is too early to tell if conditions so far this spring will result in more moths this summer.
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