I remember at the time of Tesla's (HQ?) relocation to Texas that Musk criticized California for not being business-friendly. Definitely didn't know the Lone Star State hosts the percentage of stateside publicly traded companies that it does; or that it leads the nation in public companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange. On another note, it'll be interesting to see what... [relocation of the NYSE headquarters] will mean for the mentioned Texas Stock Exchange. Then again, if the state "now... will become the financial capital of America," as the governor has said, maybe there's room there in Dallas for both.

A comment on "The New York Stock Exchange is coming to Texas" (L. Varanasi)

Jubalyn ExWilliams lives in Pennsylvania (United States). You can find her commentary and perspectives, including "Texas HQ for New York Stock Exchange coming soon," at landturn.com/blog.

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The zebra swallowtail butterfly -- a different butterfly than the better-known monarch -- had a habitat as far northeast as the Pittsburgh area, according to one backyard gardener there.

It overlapped with the availability of North America's largest fruit, the pawpaw.

I mainly recognize pawpaw from seasonalfoodguide.org, my go-to reference for produce shopping, but I'm not familiar with it otherwise. (Note: Sounds tasty; would like to try some.)

The last known sighting of the swallowtail butterfly in Pittsburgh, though, was almost 90 years ago. That is, until the backyard garden of that local gardener became the site of her repeat appearance and eggs.

I liked that he, Daniel Brown, documented the butterfly and its instar presence in photos; and the initial response -- “WHERE ARE YOU?” -- by Gabrielle, a zebra swallowtail expert for the area, within minutes of his chat post after the first sighting.

It now clear if they had them before, but several of Brown's neighbors therein Greenfield have pawpaw trees now.

For more:

"When zebras fly: How my backyard flora project helped bring a long-gone species back to Pittsburgh" (publicsource.org)

A comment under my review of "'Flight of the Butterflies' documentary" on the date above

Jubalyn ExWilliams lives in Pennsylvania (United States). You can find some of her reactions to localized news of the nature world, including "Where the "pawpaw" butterfly is reappearing after 90 years," at landturn.com/reviews.

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