One of the keys is to offer a habitat for the earlier stage of the life cycle – caterpillars.
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Bill to fix problems at Acadia, allow clamming advances in U.S. Senate
A Senate panel endorses the legislation, which awaits approval by the full Senate.
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Appreciating Mother for sharing the gift of wonder
A sense of wonder can be lost by adulthood, eroded by the stresses and strains of the workaday world.
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What to know if your hydrangeas aren’t blooming
Often, the reason is that people cut off flower buds during improper pruning.
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Homegrown: T-shirts feature scenes from Portland neighborhoods
‘Everyone’s relationship with the city is personal,’ says T-shirt maker and local novelist Lewis Robinson.
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Are littleneck clams the next frontier in aquaculture?
Jordan Kramer is trying them out on his West Bath fish farm and so far, so good.
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Plogging – part jogging, part picking up trash – catching on in the U.S.
The Swedes are credited with popularizing the multitasking fitness trend.
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Brendan Murtha, 18, has already encountered 700 birds
The Bowdoin College freshman says his father’s work as an artist inspired his passion for birding.
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Mainers join effort to pressure Lowe’s to drop paint strippers with deadly chemical
Methylene chloride has been linked to 50 deaths, prompting the EPA to announce upcoming action, but environmental advocates don’t want to wait and are appealing directly to retailers that sell the products.
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Cleanup team tangles with 2 tons of ‘ghost gear’ off Cape Elizabeth
Divers, lobstermen and environmentalists pull a huge blob of debris from Dyer Cove. Such lost fishing gear poses a threat to marine life, fishermen and boaters.