The dark-coloured or melanic form of the peppered moth (var. carbonaria) was not known prior to 1811. After field collection in 1848 from Manchester, an industrial city in England, the frequency of the variety was found to have increased drastically.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Haiku is an unincorporated community in Maui County on the island of Maui in the state of Hawaii. For United States Census purposes, it is part of the Haiku-Pauwela, Hawaii census-designated place, which also includes Pauwela. It was named for the ancient Hawaiian land section of Ha Ê» ikÅ«, which means talk abruptly or sharp break in the Hawaiian language.
Kahului is the largest census-designated place (CDP) on the island with a population of 26,337 as of 2010 and is the commercial and financial hub of the island. Wailuku is the seat of Maui County and is the third-largest CDP as of 2010. Half of Maui is situated within 5 miles (8.0 km) of the island's coastline. 2  This, and the extreme insularity of the Hawaiian Islands account for the strong marine influence on Maui's climate.