Amateur Naturalist: The Curious Sphinx Moth
Picture 1 provides an overall view of a white winged sphinx moth. Photo by Robert Dryja
Picture 2 The wings are spread about five inches wide. The tongue is extended so it can be pushed deep into the tubular flower to reach its nectar. Courtesy photo
By ROBERT DRYJA
Los Alamos
A variety of insect life appears with the arrival summer. Insects can have unusual and interesting facets to their lives. The white winged sphinx moth is one example. It is a relatively large moth, ranging from 2 ½ to 3 ½ in length. Its wings have a geometric color pattern. A broad line extends the length of a wing. This broad line is Read More
Weekly Fishing Report: June 30, 2025
By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post
This past week marked the beginning of our so-called monsoon season. During the middle of the week there were frequent showers. Some areas around Ruidoso in the Sacramento Mountains experienced flash flooding.
The weekend saw the weather turn hot and mostly dry. A similar weather pattern appears to be taking shape for the upcoming week.
Be sure to pack some rain gear when you head out on a fishing trip this time of year.
The State Game and Fish Department stocked sterile brook trout into Placer Creek this past week. Placer Creek flows Read More
Daily Postcard: Gorgeous Gladiolus Brighten Up A Garden
Daily Postcard: Gorgeous gladiolus brighten up a garden on Donna in White Rock. Photo by Annette Maes-Livermore Read More
Robinson: Let’s Have An Honest Debate On Public Lands
By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
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During the Great Depression, western ranchers faced crashing commodity prices and the ravages of drought and Dust Bowl. But that wasn’t all. The federal government was creating new national parks and monuments and expanding earlier designated areas. In states like New Mexico many were pleased to have new attractions for their budding tourism trade, but others objected.
Unlike national forests, these new carve-outs didn’t allow grazing, mining, drilling or logging. I came across this information last week while I was researching Read More
Vivid Day Lilies Thrive On Grand Canyon Drive
Vivid day lilies thriving recently on Grand Canyon Drive in White Rock. Photo by Annette Maes-Livermore Read More
Skolnik: Dr. Shin – Please See The Whole Truth, Not Part Of It
By RICHARD SKOLNIK
White Rock
Healthcare providers have a special obligation to follow data, science, and evidence. Thus, I remain deeply disappointed at the content of Dr. Lisa Shin’s letters to the editor.
In her latest letter to the editor (link), Dr. Shin ignores the impact on the federal budget of the “Big Beautiful Bill Act.” The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has just estimated that the Senate Bill would add $3.9 trillion to the federal deficit from 2025 to 2034.
Dr. Shin should also note that the annual growth rate of GDP in the US since the late 1940s has been higher under Read More
Denish: After The Smoke Clears…Wildfires & Economic Fallout
By DIANE DENISH
Corner To Corner
diane@dianedenish.com
No one has to tell us wildfire season is in full swing in New Mexico. The smell of smoke — even from hundreds of miles away — reminds us of what’s happening. If the wind doesn’t bring the scent, the haze across the western sky surely will.
New Mexico’s vast landscape — from the San Augustin Plains to the Gila Wilderness and the Bosque through Valencia and Bernalillo counties — has always been vulnerable to wildfires. Fires are a natural part of Western ecology.
But things are changing. Fire season now starts earlier and lasts longer as climate Read More
