know that the planet is getting warmer!
<<<With record heat throughout much of the nation this year, even naysayers have conceded that our planet appears to be warming. One of the interesting biological consequences of climate change is the expansion of the ranges of warm-weather insects to cooler regions where chilly winter temperatures formerly barred their survival. Recently, Bug of the Week received two reminders of our warming weather in the mid-Atlantic region. During a recent safari to the University of Maryland campus, one eagle-eyed entomologist, Sarah Zadtrow, discovered a Florida resident, the predatory stink bug Euthyrhynchus floridanusenjoying a sunny afternoon as it rested on the bark of an elm tree. Like other predatory bugs visited in previous episodes of Bug of the Week (see Heroes of the True Bug Clan), Euthyrhynchus dines on a wide variety of soft-bodied insects including caterpillars, beetle larvae, and other less fortunate stink bugs.
This was actually the second report of Euthyrhynchus floridanus in Maryland this year. The first appearance was noted by Maryland extension specialist Stanton Gill in late October. To my knowledge, these may be the northern-most sightings of this semi-tropical resident. It has also been recorded in coastal Virginia according to Eric Day, Virginia Tech’s diagnostic guru.>>>
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