LEO Network - Search Resultshttp://leonetwork.org2024-03-29T15:54:45Zhttp://leonetwork.org/Images/logo.pnguuid:76384424-5C96-40BF-A68B-BC55A3E3961ACalifornia officials confirm 2 cases of dengue, a mosquito-borne illness rarely transmitted in US2023-11-03T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T15:54:45ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Long Beach, California, United States</h3><p>November 3, 2023</p><p>Public health officials say two people in Southern California people have come down with dengue fever without traveling outside the United States, where the mosquito-borne illness is rare.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/0C443BCD-F021-497D-B5B7-3CE9809581F2'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/76384424-5C96-40BF-A68B-BC55A3E3961A'>Read more...</a></p></div>33.76696 -118.18923uuid:7D126655-0213-439A-96FD-34A1A74A64BELater frosts could make new crops possible in Alaska, but climate change brings challenges, too2023-10-25T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T15:54:45ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Fairbanks, Alaska, United States</h3><p>October 25, 2023</p><p>Shifting seasons and hotter temperatures could allow Alaska farmers to grow more abundant and diverse produce. But climate change can also bring drought, pests and permafrost thaw. Human-caused climate change is bringing longer and warmer growing seasons, but also pests and unstable weather.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/4218D92A-7749-4EAB-874C-880804F350E5'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/7D126655-0213-439A-96FD-34A1A74A64BE'>Read more...</a></p></div>64.83778 -147.71639uuid:749911DA-3542-434A-908E-1A7A3EDC787AMosquito-borne diseases found in emus, horses in Maine2023-10-17T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T15:54:45ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Maine, United States</h3><p>October 17, 2023</p><p>Viruses have now been found in mosquitoes or in animals around the state, prompting health officials to warn Maine residents to protect against mosquito bites. The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported positive tests for eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, in several emu flocks and multiple horses. Also, a horse tested positive for West Nile Virus in York County.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/BA4FB2F5-2637-4889-B840-D61D6932737D'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/749911DA-3542-434A-908E-1A7A3EDC787A'>Read more...</a></p></div>45.3982848479073 -69.2365510393463uuid:99C00991-3023-4B22-92A6-CCE95DA2A88FScientists say Tongass trees could bounce back from budworm infestation2023-07-25T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T15:54:45ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Chichigof Islands</h3><p>July 25, 2023</p><p>Scientists with the U.S. Forest Service believe that the blackheaded budworm, whose numbers surged over the past three years, is now in decline.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/D559D306-EFA4-4FCB-951C-3F8C4CE0CEF1'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/99C00991-3023-4B22-92A6-CCE95DA2A88F'>Read more...</a></p></div>57.8736111111111 -135.776388888889uuid:0E8C64BE-9BED-4D59-BE80-0BB8B7D31544What is the reason for large numbers of dead bees spotted in Inverness?2023-07-20T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T15:54:45ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom</h3><p>July 20, 2023</p><p>The spectacle of "hundreds" of dying or dead bees along the River Ness earlier this week led to a discussion on social media.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/C542761B-6D32-4675-AEC6-7C1A272DAEF0'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/0E8C64BE-9BED-4D59-BE80-0BB8B7D31544'>Read more...</a></p></div>57.47908 -4.22398uuid:42EEEF32-5ADC-4C34-9565-C50476F38141Fireweed blooms hindered by foam? 2023-07-13T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T15:54:45ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Anchorage, Alaska, United States</h3><p>July 13, 2023</p><p>Foam or saliva-looking substance on seen on flowering plants like fireweed and yarrow. </p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/0BC04D97-1CF6-4A58-B2E7-17F7648B07FF'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/42EEEF32-5ADC-4C34-9565-C50476F38141'>Read more...</a></p></div>61.2058058591944 -149.892311096191uuid:B65AE4AF-9CB3-43C1-AFA5-343ED1A797185 people contract malaria within U.S. borders — first such cases in two decades2023-06-27T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T15:54:45ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>United States</h3><p>June 27, 2023</p><p>The last confirmed instance of local transmission happened in 2003, when eight people became infected in Palm Beach County, Fla., the CDC said.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/BD155DC3-45BF-4FF1-8CC5-8F654067966C'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/B65AE4AF-9CB3-43C1-AFA5-343ED1A79718'>Read more...</a></p></div>39.3812661305678 -97.9222112121185uuid:8EB48C34-9EF1-4C61-B77C-030281DFF813What kind of insect?2023-06-15T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T15:54:45ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>St. Mary's, Alaska, United States</h3><p>June 15, 2023</p><p>Tribal member from St. Mary's, Alaska noticed this on her when she went back inside her home. Turns out it is an elm sawfly, Cimbex americana. </p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/83B5A58A-6F61-4DA1-B8B8-0CF3F9E05C44'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/8EB48C34-9EF1-4C61-B77C-030281DFF813'>Read more...</a></p></div>62.0557516417546 -163.178763187364uuid:37041818-F0DA-4A1D-8522-1C60EDEB4DAEWhat kind of caterpillars?2023-05-02T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T15:54:45ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3></h3><p>May 2, 2023</p><p>On our camping trip to Moab we saw these nests everywhere. </p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/46730F99-845A-43C6-B9EA-05E4F09EC6A8'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/37041818-F0DA-4A1D-8522-1C60EDEB4DAE'>Read more...</a></p></div>uuid:3D07C4B4-2B7D-4DBF-8698-ED564D1C7D93Insects in January2023-01-11T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T15:54:45ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Newhalen, Alaska, United States</h3><p>January 11, 2023</p><p>An unseasonable winter insect sighting in Newhalen.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/7CE8A64F-5F1B-4B14-ACA0-FA089A608990'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/3D07C4B4-2B7D-4DBF-8698-ED564D1C7D93'>Read more...</a></p></div>59.72 -154.89722uuid:4F8D9D95-9CB8-4EC7-B653-9578C999F225Canada's bee colonies see worst loss in 20 years, explosion of mites blamed 2022-12-23T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T15:54:45ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Canada</h3><p>December 23, 2022</p><p>Nearly half of Canada's honeybee colonies didn't survive the winter, the largest rate of colony loss in the country in the last 20 years, according to preliminary data. The president of the Canadian Association of Professional Apiculturists calls the finding "pretty disturbing."</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/5F62BB6F-E466-4FEE-8999-178BBFFB10B5'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/4F8D9D95-9CB8-4EC7-B653-9578C999F225'>Read more...</a></p></div>55.5859012851966 -105.750595856519uuid:FEEE687D-4DED-4CDA-9BD0-E84A9EDB5072"Should have received four tons of plums"2022-10-31T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T15:54:45ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Linge farm, Valldal, Fjord community, Vestland</h3><p>October 31, 2022</p><p>Norwegian fruit farmers are seeking compensation for poor harvests due to extreme weather conditions, with over 1,000 farmers applying for compensation this year, compared to under 500 last year, as cold weather destroyed crops in the west and north, while drought hit the east and inland areas.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/D5AB0B71-7552-4C30-9FE2-D5A4982CD513'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/FEEE687D-4DED-4CDA-9BD0-E84A9EDB5072'>Read more...</a></p></div>62.2991845 7.2005288uuid:0281E531-AE36-4963-A525-D278520FF53BFalse long-horned beetle <em>(Stenotrachelus aeneus)</em>2022-10-05T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T15:54:45ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>St. Mary's, Alaska, United States</h3><p>October 5, 2022</p><p>Black insect never seen by a Yupiit of Andreafski Tribal member at his home in St. Mary's.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/72143445-8AD5-44A4-9BF3-5949375EBD8B'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/0281E531-AE36-4963-A525-D278520FF53B'>Read more...</a></p></div>62.055397692378 -163.176725863887uuid:79E45980-9FAA-47A6-80A7-ACC143823FECThe spruce beetle invasion’s exhausting toll on Southcentral Alaska property owners2022-07-25T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T15:54:45ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Anchorage, Alaska, United States</h3><p>July 25, 2022</p><p>For property owners, the beetles present a vexing scenario, as some scramble to keep their trees alive while others mourn the loss and embark on the oftentimes costly removal process.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/E3D8CFC6-9196-44C3-B26A-43EEFB54F4CC'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/79E45980-9FAA-47A6-80A7-ACC143823FEC'>Read more...</a></p></div>61.21806 -149.90028uuid:5E7C1222-E743-40E0-88B2-C83922DBAA72Collapse of Midge Population Impacts Mývatn Birdlife2022-07-16T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T15:54:45ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3></h3><p>July 16, 2022</p><p>The ubiquitous midge is almost completely absent from Mývatn, the pointedly named ‘Midge Lake,’ this year. Árni says this happens every seven to nine years—it’s now been about eight since the last time the midge population collapsed. As a result, the bird population will be much smaller for the next two to three years. </p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/DB066731-EA79-4788-9CFA-E545DB092780'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/5E7C1222-E743-40E0-88B2-C83922DBAA72'>Read more...</a></p></div>uuid:F9D9DB34-B791-4925-A265-AB3472A954AESoutheast Alaska’s budworm infestation is still going, and they seem to be moving on to spruce trees2022-07-08T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T15:54:45ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Sitka, Alaska, United States</h3><p>July 8, 2022</p><p>Last summer’s unusually warm weather fueled an explosion in the western blackheaded budworm, leaving masses of browning trees in many areas of Southeast. The worm, which is the larval stage of the budworm moth, is known to feed on the new growth of trees, leaving them with a brownish-red appearance.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/6078349B-A48B-4C8E-B7D4-D591E310C673'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/F9D9DB34-B791-4925-A265-AB3472A954AE'>Read more...</a></p></div>57.05315 -135.33088uuid:06DEF3DF-88C6-48BC-9ADF-284A8C846B78Infestation of caterpillars2022-06-29T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T15:54:45ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Seldovia Village, Alaska, United States</h3><p>June 29, 2022</p><p>A resident of Seldovia reported an infestation of worms infesting an area of salmonberry brush and nettle.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/89E9D629-13FB-4F24-B7F4-411BAFA979A5'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/06DEF3DF-88C6-48BC-9ADF-284A8C846B78'>Read more...</a></p></div>59.4678916666667 -151.700911111111uuid:CF1D08DA-A358-4FDC-966D-6C56453AB404Unknown Insect2022-06-24T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T15:54:45ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>St. Mary's, Alaska, United States</h3><p>June 24, 2022</p><p>This eye catching insect is the adult stonefly. </p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/08A148A9-07E0-4C62-A6D7-563FA989494A'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/CF1D08DA-A358-4FDC-966D-6C56453AB404'>Read more...</a></p></div>62.0627332588465 -163.262329101563uuid:7631B19A-9FC8-4158-81FC-5AFC5FC13E68Spittle bug widespread in Clare, Ireland2022-06-14T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T15:54:45ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Liscannor, Munster, Ireland</h3><p>June 14, 2022</p><p>I saw an extreme amount of spittle bugs not only on grasses and plants but on flowers. </p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/66348288-95AB-4484-97F2-5E879AB18EC5'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/7631B19A-9FC8-4158-81FC-5AFC5FC13E68'>Read more...</a></p></div>52.982746488102 -9.39022068399936uuid:FCF39C84-223D-400A-AB8A-649CF4D855C8Mosquitoes are unusually dense and vicious all of a sudden2022-06-14T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T15:54:45ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Ester, Alaska, United States</h3><p>June 14, 2022</p><p>Our Mosquito Magnet trap filled in under a week. We normally empty it once a month or so.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/F65403FF-6AD2-4D60-826E-C92614246688'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/FCF39C84-223D-400A-AB8A-649CF4D855C8'>Read more...</a></p></div>64.7869405468023 -148.064440562779