We can't get enough of the Red Admiral butterflies that have swept into New York City. Yesterday's beautiful weather meant that many were fluttering about in the sky—or taking the D train. We asked Dr. Christie Johnson, curatorial associate at the American Museum of Natural History's Division of Invertebrate Zoology, about the Vanessa atalanta and learned how we, as New Yorkers, can attract them!
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Red Admiral Butterfly Invasion Update: Some Will Settle In NYC!
Nabokov's Favorite Butterfly Invades NYC (And Other Places)!
Have you been seeing an unusual number of orange and black butterflies fluttering about? Well, they are probably Red Admiral butterflies, which are in the middle of a migration from the South. (Update: Some Red Admirals will end up settling in NYC!) We spotted the one above during Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer's press conference by the West 72nd Street subway station—there were dozens of butterflies flying around, landing on everything!
"Texodus" Is Now A Thing According to IRS, NY Post
We already knew that New Yorkers have been leaving the state in record numbers. Taxes are too damn high, after all. But once they pass the state borders, where do they go? We like to think most of them would be kicking it in another blue state, but according to IRS data there is a reason that Texas gained a whopping four House seats.
Should Birds Shut Down Tribute In Lights?
During this weekend's 9/11 Tribute in Lights display, an estimated 10,000 migrating birds became attracted to the lights, trapping themselves inside the beams and wasting precious fat resources needed for migration south. The city's skyscrapers have already agreed to dim their lights to avoid confusing our avian friends, but could Tribute in Lights pose even more of a danger to the birds?
Bad Economy Means Less Migration From NYC
According to the NY Times, "New York lost fewer residents to other states in 2007-8 than during any year in at least a generation." Demographers at Queens College broke down census info and found that "some 257,000 people moved away during those 12 months...the first time the number dipped below 300,000 since the Census Bureau began measuring the annual flows in 1982." And why might this be happening? The real estate market—if you can't sell your house, you're not moving. And a possible "silver lining" to keeping residents in New York, where the economy isn't doing so well? The Empire State may only lose one Congressional seat, instead of two.
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