NE Tennessee in vertabras by joey https://padlet.com/joeymiller812/2cvan8q51txp Made with work en-us 2017-08-16 13:31:29 UTC 2017-08-16 13:59:37 UTC hello@padlet.com TICKS joeymiller812 https://padlet.com/joeymiller812/2cvan8q51txp/wish/181255985 That’s not to say some ticks carrying Lyme are not present in Tennessee. In 2016, 23 cases of Lyme were reported statewide. It’s impossible to say how many people contracted the disease in other areas though.“There are ticks here across the Southeast that carry Lyme bacteria,” Tamara Chavez-Lindell, an epidemiologist at the East Tennessee Regional Health Office, told 10News in March. “And it’s simply one of the hazards.”Hickling said the risk of a deer tick biting a human is greater in the winter. And he is concerned by Lyme’s spread southward – it’s now endemic in parts of Southern Virginia and further North.“200 miles from here you start to see high levels of Lyme, and that’s new in the last five years,”  Hickling said.He believes that spread will continue to East Tennessee in the next 10 years.

]]> 2017-08-16 13:45:43 UTC https://padlet.com/joeymiller812/2cvan8q51txp/wish/181255985 3 COLUMN BUTTERFLY joeymiller812 https://padlet.com/joeymiller812/2cvan8q51txp/wish/181256162 Monarch butterflies are struggling. Counts of the familiar orange-and-black insects, admired for their flights of up to thousands of miles a year, are trending down so sharply that their migration is now under threat. That means fewer monarchs to inspire wonder, feed invertebrates and warn of habitat changes that may imperil other pollinators.]]> 2017-08-16 13:46:36 UTC https://padlet.com/joeymiller812/2cvan8q51txp/wish/181256162 HORNET/WASPS joeymiller812 https://padlet.com/joeymiller812/2cvan8q51txp/wish/181256483
Hornets are species of wasps. The difference between hornets and other species of wasps is that that prey predominately on other insects. Other wasp species play minor roles as pollinators of flowers and scavenge for food. Unlike bees that can only sting once, hornets and wasps are capable of stinging multiple times. Technically speaking, there is a single hornet species in North America, that being the brown hornet. You can find Eastern cicada killer wasps, the paper wasp, brown hornet and yellow jacket throughout Tennessee.

]]> 2017-08-16 13:47:59 UTC https://padlet.com/joeymiller812/2cvan8q51txp/wish/181256483 CLAMS joeymiller812 https://padlet.com/joeymiller812/2cvan8q51txp/wish/181256817 While we think of clams as stationary shelled animals, they start life as larvae floating in the water column.  When they settle, they will anchor themselves to the ocean bottom with a protein fiber called byssal threads. Clams are filter feeders, eating microscopic algae in the water.  Absences of clams in areas where they should occur can lead to an increase in algal blooms.  One type of clam, the ocean quahog, is one of the longest-lived animals in the world: they can live up to 200 years!  When it comes to seafood, there are many species of clam that are used and most are a sustainable choice.  Common species farmed or fished include:]]> 2017-08-16 13:49:05 UTC https://padlet.com/joeymiller812/2cvan8q51txp/wish/181256817 OYSTER joeymiller812 https://padlet.com/joeymiller812/2cvan8q51txp/wish/181256930 Oysters form reefs, which are a dominant feature of many coastal estuaries. Oysters are often considered a "keystone species" that plays a critical role in maintaining the structure of aquatic communities where they occur. Oysters provide valuable shelter and habitat for many other estuarine organisms, improve water quality by filter feeding, and reduce bank erosion through stabilization.]]> 2017-08-16 13:49:28 UTC https://padlet.com/joeymiller812/2cvan8q51txp/wish/181256930