Archive for September, 2009

Colours and fragrances to attract insects (2)

Insects fascinate us with their colours, variety and fragility. They are mostly beneficial to the garden, with only 2 percent out of 2000 species of butterflies, native to Lithuania, being harmful. The good news is that these useful insects can be attracted into the garden with some simple techniques. Most butterflies are pollinators, especially of [...]

Dinosaurs from China (1)

For a long time, these fossil conifers were considered to be extinct. Dawn redwood was first described in 1941 by the fossil records of its leaves and cones. In the same year, the Chinese scientist T.Kan  discovered a stand of unfamiliar trees with reddish bark, growing in one of the provinces of China. The botanist [...]

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