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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi, Merle, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Are you sure it’s not 19 years? The standard “take” on insect eruptions is (used to be?) that they occur on a cycle of prime numbers to make it harder for creatures with shorter cycles to “track” them. See <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/the-cicadas-love-affair-with-prime-numbers">https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/the-cicadas-love-affair-with-prime-numbers</a> for a pretty thin introduction to the idea. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>N<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Nicholas Thompson<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Clark University<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:ThompNickSon2@gmail.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>ThompNickSon2@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Friam <friam-bounces@redfish.com> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Merle Lefkoff<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 18, 2020 10:01 PM<br><b>To:</b> The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam@redfish.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [FRIAM] Miller, miller moths everywhere...<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>My son in Boulder says they get the "infestation" right on the dot every 20 years.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>They are also important pollinators. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 9:57 PM Jon Zingale <<a href="mailto:jonzingale@gmail.com">jonzingale@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Wow, they are everywhere! According to wikipedia:</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202122'>Army cutworms are one of the richest foods for predators, such as </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#333333'><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_bear" target="_blank" title="Brown bear"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0B0080'>brown bears</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202122'>, in this ecosystem, where up to 72 per cent of the moth's body weight is fat, thus making it more calorie-rich than elk or deer.</span><sup id="gmail-m_-6215238948079029398gmail-cite_ref-10"><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202122'><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_cutworm#cite_note-10" target="_blank"><span style='color:#0B0080'>[10]</span></a></span></sup><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202122'> This is the highest known body fat percentage of any animal.</span><sup id="gmail-m_-6215238948079029398gmail-cite_ref-11"><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202122'><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_cutworm#cite_note-11" target="_blank"><span style='color:#0B0080'>[11]</span></a></span></sup><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#333333'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333'>And according to the New Mexican:</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333'>`</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333'>.</span><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333'>.. they do not carry disease, Formby said, and they’re not the type of moth that will get into your clothes closet and start shredding your new camel hair jacket.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333'>`</span><span style='color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- --- .-. . .-.. --- -.-. -.- ... -..-. .- .-. . -..-. - .... . -..-. . ... ... . -. - .. .- .-.. -..-. .-- --- .-. -.- . .-. ...<br>FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv<br>Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 <a href="http://bit.ly/virtualfriam" target="_blank">bit.ly/virtualfriam</a><br>un/subscribe <a href="http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com" target="_blank">http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com</a><br>archives: <a href="http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/" target="_blank">http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/</a><br>FRIAM-COMIC <a href="http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/</a> <o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D.<br>President, Center for Emergent Diplomacy<br><a href="http://emergentdiplomacy.org" target="_blank">emergentdiplomacy.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:merlelefoff@gmail.com" target="_blank">merlelefkoff@gmail.com</a><br>mobile: (303) 859-5609<br>skype: merle.lelfkoff2<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>twitter: @Merle_Lefkoff<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>