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Post by oehlkew on Jul 14, 2014 2:14:07 GMT -8
Leroy, Thanks much for the Wyoming sightings. I have posted them to www.silkmoths.bizland.com/Wyomingcatocala.htmThe tentative Catocala benjamini is a surprise, representing a significant northward extension of its known range, but it is quite distinct from either of the other two small yellow underwings known from Wyoming so your specimen is probably benjamini or something undescribed. Hope you can confirm or post an image. Bill Oehlke
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2014 17:17:52 GMT -8
Setup my light sheet rig at Bald Knob last Saturday (7.12.14) night. I collected 3 catocala specimens, 1 sphinx and a Eacles imperialis along with a few beetles.
Joe
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Post by rayrard on Jul 16, 2014 14:55:31 GMT -8
Got some Catocala jair from Long Island... antinympha still not emerged
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2014 16:27:48 GMT -8
Rayrard,
That is a beautiful species.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2014 4:19:46 GMT -8
Collected another of the black hind wing variety of catocala off the light sheet this morning. Sugared the trees in my yard last night too but, nothing except ants came to that.
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Post by beetlehorn on Jul 20, 2014 19:24:17 GMT -8
Last night I was joined by Bill Garthe in Dyer county Tennessee to do some blacklighting. We got three Darapsa versicolor, one Catocala amatrix, and I was successful in capturing Catocala atocala. There were several other species such as Catocala insolabilis, Catocala paleogama, and Catocala nebulosa, but C. atocala was the highlight of the evening for me because I've never seen it, and I think there are no records of it in Tennessee.
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Post by rayrard on Jul 21, 2014 12:57:48 GMT -8
That's a good name for a Catocala... atocala
Went for my first attempt at Cats and the bait (beer, molasses, brown sugar) failed miserably, but I got at least 7 species at my little blacklight. It got down into the high 50's that night and began around 65, so I don't know if that snuffed the bait. Most of the Cats came in from 11:30-12:30.
1 Catocala epione 1 C. ultronia 1 C. lineela 2 C. amica 1 C. gryneus 3 C. micronympha 1 C. connubialis 1 C. sp. (little with lightly marked gray FW and yellow hindwings with 2 bands) 1 Locust Underwing (E. nubilis)
Also saw a large orange or yellow species on the periphery of the light but it never approached. Probably Ilia.
One C. antinympha has emerged as well
Buckmoths are all pupated except a stubborn 6 out of 22
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Post by prillbug4 on Jul 21, 2014 16:13:12 GMT -8
One Catocala gryneus. But I found it dead along the road. it wasn't in very good condition. But I have a good series of them. Jeff Prill
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Post by oehlkew on Jul 22, 2014 1:22:53 GMT -8
Marcie O'Connor from Buffalo County, Wisconsin (west central Wisconsin near the MN border) has just sent me a series of beautiful images of live Catocala taken this past week in Wisconsin. I am in process of updating the Wisconsin page with the images and data: C. blandula C. coccinata C. connubialis C. ilia C. micronympha (several different forms C. similis The Wisconsin page is at www.silkmoths.bizland.com/Wisconsincatocala.htmHope to have the updates completed before night fall Bill Oehlke
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Post by leptraps on Jul 22, 2014 6:21:08 GMT -8
I am currently in Flagstaff, AZ. I attended the Lepidopterists Society Meeting in Park City, UT. I set out bait traps and Light Traps on Squaw Mtn and several locations around Park City before traveling south toward Bryce Canyon and into the Grand Staircase in Utah. I have collected over 200 catocala moths.
Catocala desdemonia Catocala aholibah Catocala relicta Catocala faustina Catocala hermia Catocala briseis Catocala semirelicta Catocala jessica Catocala junctura
I have about 24 specimens I cannot positively identify. Most of the Catocala were collected in bait traps. I also collected lots of Nymphalidea butterflies and Noctuid moths. Catocala moths have been all but absent in Arizona. Leaving now to check my traps. More later (If I have time, lot of butterflies and moths are flying). I return home next Saturday August 2.
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Post by rayrard on Jul 22, 2014 9:44:35 GMT -8
I was "this close" to attending LepSoc but I had a time conflict with another opportunity.
I would be interested in hearing the results of the day and night field trips if you (or anyone else) attended them. There were a few cool day trips to alpine and wetland habitat I was interested in.
I would have loved to nail some western Catocala out there.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2014 13:18:28 GMT -8
Looks like leptraps is cleaning up out west. I am getting a few specimens off my light sheet. Although this is not Catocala related I did collect a nice female Dynastes Tityus off the sheet this morning.
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Post by rayrard on Jul 23, 2014 10:15:30 GMT -8
Last two nights not much was collected or seen.
Looks like 1 micronympha for one night and a couple C. ilia at night which were my first Cats to come to bait this season!
It got into the high 80's so I saw a few amica, lineella, and epione during the day
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Post by beetlehorn on Jul 23, 2014 13:52:56 GMT -8
Last night, and a few of the nights before, I managed to get Catocala insolabilis, C. lacrymosa, C. ilia, C. epione, C. subnata, C. neogama, C. paleogama, C. sappho, C. nebulosa, C. innubens, C. illecta, C. micronympha, C. obscura, C. amica, C. dejecta, and Catocala ultronia. Of the 80 or so species in North America, I have so far collected 47 within my home state, the latest being Catocala atocala. Most were captured at light, some were captured using bait, and a good number I collected by "tree tapping" during the day. The light setup I have is a 400 watt metal halide that is powered by a ballast and 800 watt portable generator. In addition to the big halide bulb, I use a combination of 24 inch blacklight fluorescent tubes, and one 24 inch daylight tube. I try to cover as much of the spectrum as I can. Quite often I have noticed that cycling the metal halide off/on every two hours or so helps to bring in insects that have been in the periphery of the area that the big light reaches. I usually leave only the tubes going after about 12:00 or so. Tom
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2014 15:58:15 GMT -8
I noticed something a few days ago. One of my UV fluorescent lights was burning out. Insect activity had slowed dramatically so I put a regular soft white bulb in its place. I immediately noticed more insects of all types being drawn to the sheet. I am going to see what happens if I run 2 regular soft white bulbs instead of the UV bulbs.
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