I saw some guy on amazon that said he caught a lot of beneficial moths and bees. Of course he said he’s a beekeeper too so he’s got more bees around than the usual. Some people on there made some guards that block most of the moths and bees, but let the mosquitoes and midges through.
Some worms can convert polystyrene and polyethylene into something biodegradable.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/10/world/mealworms-bacteria-plastic-waste-c2e-spc-intl/index.html
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkart/2020/03/09/mysterious-worms-eat-plastic-and-poop-alcohol/?sh=4277c8bc79e0
Yeah hickory is a slow one. My fruit trees are leafing out as well as the maples, irches, aspen, and tulip tree. My chestnuts are trying to break bud and the hickories are just swelling.
I don’t even remember anyone taking consistent obs there when we were there. I remember doing some obs with the old stevenson screen in Ins and Obs, but everyone slacked with that.
https://wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?nh1099
https://wrcc.dri.edu/coopmap/ — select nh in the menu
I assume you want lower numbers to help support your case?