Where do all the little brown moths come from that show up in June?
Most of the “millers” (brown moths) larvae feed on native bunch grass. After a good rain, they emerge from their cocoons as adult moths, mate, and lay their eggs on the new green growth of the grass. • There were hundreds of flying ants in my yard this morning, but they were gone by noon what was going on? Like the termites, ants are stimulated by rain to mate. Only after a rain is the soil soft enough for the newly fertilized queens to dig a new hole.
