November 2018
Banding for Winter Moths Volunteer Day
We need your help to save our trees! The Winter Moth has exploded in population throughout New England. Adult moths hatch from their cocoons in the soil at the base of host trees in late November, usually around Thanksgiving. Females, which are wingless, crawl up the base of the trees to lay their eggs; one Winter Moth can lay as many as 350 eggs. When the eggs hatch in the spring, the caterpillars feed upon the emerging new leaves and…
Find out more »Dark Matter, Dark Energy, Dark Skies – CELT’s Annual Meeting Nov. 18
Dark Matter, Dark Energy, Dark Skies Astronomers can prove the first two exist, but worry about the third. At CELT's Annual Meeting, Public Radio news anchor (and space buff) Irwin Gratz will talk about efforts to preserve our views of the heavens. He'll also talk about what's up there, both naturally occurring, and increasingly, created by humans. In addition to being an accomplished journalist, Irwin indulges his interest in astronomy as an occasional show presenter at the Southworth Planetarium in Portland. (See…
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