Aeolian communities: Mt. Saint Helens and Mauna Kea
- Author:
-
Edwards, John S.
- Title:
- Aeolian communities: Mt. Saint Helens and Mauna Kea
- Periodical:
- Wings
- Year:
- 1988
- Volume:
- 13
- Pages:
- 8-9
- Subject:
-
Insects alpine climate
Mount Saint Helens
Insects Mauna Kea
Wekiu bug
Nysius wekiuicola
- Summary:
- Described in this document are permanent communities of aeolian arthropods that depend on the windborne organic fallout in barren places such as Mount St. Helens that is located in Washington State and Mauna Kea that is located on Hawaii island in the state of Hawaii. (The term "aeolian" signifies insects that depend on what the wind brings to them for food). The nocturnal carabid beetle occurs on Mount St. Helens and a black, day-flying noctuid moth with larvae that feed on lichens, and a predatory sucking bug of the Family Lygaeidae occurs on Mauna Kea -- Hawaii's most remarkable evolutionary products that inhabits one of the most unusual and most restricted alpine communities anywhere in the world. However, due to man's quest for knowledge of outer space, these arthropod are in danger on the summit of Mauna Kea due to the construction of extensive facilities for enlarged astronomical observations. As a result, it is hoped that nature will be allowed to take its course through action that will promptly provide this special insect fauna with a measure of protection from human exploitation on the summit of Mauna Kea.
- Label:
- Insects
- Date:
- 1988
- Collection:
- Periodicals