{"id":91142,"date":"2020-05-22T00:43:19","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T00:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/study-miller-moth-population-has-increased-in-colorado\/"},"modified":"2020-05-22T00:43:19","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T00:43:19","slug":"study-miller-moth-population-has-increased-in-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/study-miller-moth-population-has-increased-in-colorado\/","title":{"rendered":"Study: Miller moth population has increased in Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=314c3463-6e72-4f96-b3e9-3d2aa4735eec&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1456\" alt=\"The army cutworm, also know as a miller moth, in its adult stage.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">The army cutworm, also know as a miller moth, in its adult stage.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Colorado State University<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Colorado State University entomologists Whitney Cranshaw and Frank Peairs released a study attributing the increase in sightings to the lack of moisture in Colorado and neighboring states, The Gazette reported.<\/p>\n<p>Miller moths, also known as army cutworms, originated in eastern Colorado and areas of western Kansas and Nebraska and migrate west around May to follow the flowering plants for nectar.<\/p>\n<p>Flowering plants usually spread out across the state when moisture conditions are good but this year was different, researchers said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMoisture conditions in fall, winter and spring have generally been much lower than in 2019 and blooming flowers in non-irrigated areas are much less abundant this year,\u201d the study said. \u201cWhen this happens the moths that are present concentrate in areas where large numbers of flowering plants are present.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some studies show grizzly bears in Yellowstone National Park eat miller moths but there has not been a subsequent increase in bear sightings, Colorado Parks and Wildlife spokesman Bill Vogrin said.<\/p>\n<p>The moths usually stay for about six weeks hiding in cool, dry and dark places, the study said, adding that they are generally not harmful to people.<\/p>\n<p>Residents can rid their homes of the moths by sealing any openings often around windows or doors, researchers said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>army cutworm, also know as a miller moth, in its adult stage.Colorado State University Colorado State University entomologists Whitney Cranshaw and Frank Peairs released a study attributing the increase in sightings to the lack of moisture in Colorado and neighboring states, The Gazette reported. Miller moths, also known as army cutworms, originated in eastern [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[120,28],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-91142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-colorado","tag-headlines"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91142"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=91142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}