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Miller moths play vital role in life of area bears

RBC I Last year, I wrote a column for the Casper Citizen touting the annual migration of lowly miller moths (the army cutworm, Euxoa auxiliaris) through Wyoming as something to be celebrated. I said it was a lot like other great migrations made over hundreds of miles by creatures such as African wildebeests or monarch butterflies.

Reaction from most readers ranged from surprise to annoyed acceptance to “what a crackpot idea.”
But now that the…