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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2014 1:40:18 GMT -8
Collected two more this morning. I'm starting to see a pattern develop here
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2014 2:53:45 GMT -8
Got my usual two
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Post by rayrard on Aug 23, 2014 11:30:07 GMT -8
Here is my first concumbens, a beautifully fresh wild-caught specimen
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Post by rayrard on Aug 23, 2014 11:32:14 GMT -8
Here is my reared Catocala herodias
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Post by rayrard on Aug 23, 2014 11:33:01 GMT -8
Catocala palaeogama form phalanga
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2014 13:13:04 GMT -8
Rayrard,
Very nice specimens! I will post photos of the ones I have collected once I get them spread
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2014 12:25:49 GMT -8
Haven't caught a catocala in two day's. Hope this isn't the end of the season for me.
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Post by rayrard on Aug 25, 2014 20:03:24 GMT -8
A warm, humid night brought some Catocala from 8-10pm. The action shut down around 10 despite good conditions.
Catocala cara - ~10 (first of the season) C. cerogama - 1 ovipositing C. neogama - 2 (first of season, ovipositing) C. ilia - 1 C. ultronia - 1 C. vidua - 1 C. retecta/dejecta/flebilis - 1 (have to check ID)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2014 1:28:12 GMT -8
After a few days of not collecting any at all I collected my daily limit of two this morning
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Post by leptraps on Aug 27, 2014 12:16:07 GMT -8
I set out 8 bait traps in the Slough WMA, Henderson County, Kentucky last week. The target species was Catocala marmorata. I have visited twice, the second time was yesterday. I checked each trap. After the trap was emptied, I tapped trees. BT = Bait Trap & TT = Tree Tapping
Here is my catch:
BT = Bait Trap & TT = Tree Tapping
Catocala innubens BT Catocala piatrix BT & TT (Very abundant and somewhat worn) Catocala epione BT (Very worn) Catocala robinsoni TT Catocala flebilis BT & TT Catocala obscura BT Catocala residua BT & TT Catocala insolabilis BT & TT Catocala maestosa BT Catocala vidua BT Catocala laycrymosa TT (A very large female) Catocala palaeogama BT & TT (Very common and all rather worn) Catocala subnata TT Catocala neogama TT Catocala ilia BT (One very worn female) Catocala cerogama BT & TT Catocala nebulosa TT Catocala junctura BT (one stunning male) Catocala cara BT & TT Catocala cara/carissima BT & TT Catocala amatrix BT & TT (The most abundant Catocala, also several forms)
I have several black Catocala moths to identify. I brought home 36 Catocala moths.
The woods were full of Catocala moths. Several time while tree tapping I found three or more Catocala moths on one tree. I was very hot, 97 degrees and the deer flies and mosquitos were fierce. And I almost stepped on a Rattle Snake.
I also collected several Darapsa versicolor in the bait traps. Swarms of Asterocampa clyton & celtis, Limenitis archippus, Limenitis arthemis astyanax and Polygonia comma. Several damp spots on the dirt roads with large numbers of butterflies visiting, Colias eurytheme, Colias philodice, Phyciodes tharos, several swallowtails just to mention a few.
For all my effort, not one Catocala marmorata.
My next visit is Friday.
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Post by rayrard on Aug 27, 2014 20:02:25 GMT -8
Had a very productive afternoon and night tapping and baiting for Catocala with Larry Gall and another grad student. Saw my number one grail Catocala for the first time and missed with the jar and Larry missed with the net. Odd to see relicta near New Haven. The woods were full of them, and there were more around the bait than on it. Many were ovipositing.
Catocala relicta - 1 (my first time seeing this species) C. amatrix - 1 (my consolation prize, also my first since I was a teenager) C. cara - 6+ (on bait) C. ilia C. palaeogama (abundant and still mostly fresh) C. cerogama - 1 C. subnata - 9+ (my first time catching this, ovipositing and checking out hickories) C. ultronia - 2 C. retecta - 3 C. vidua - 1 C. flebilis - 1 C. obscura (ovipositing) C. residua (ovipositing) C. habilis - 2 (one freshly emerged and drying wings) C. amica C. lineella
Fun night!
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Post by oehlkew on Aug 28, 2014 0:30:55 GMT -8
"Rayrard", I have updated my Connecticut Catocala page with your most recent sightings. Hope that is okay? The page is at www.silkmoths.bizland.com/Connecticutcatocala.htmI wish permission to add to the Connecticut page the recent Catocala images you have posted to Insect Net in this same thread?? These images would be credited to you as "rayrard" or to your actual name if you wish to send it along?? Thanks for sharing and for providing an approximate location. It is my dream to one day have accurate checklists at the county levels. Bill Oehlke
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Post by leptraps on Sept 2, 2014 16:44:51 GMT -8
I returned to the Slough WMA in Henderson County, Kentucky on Friday 29 August. This was my final visit for 2014. I recovered all of my baits traps, each trap contained 30+ Catocala moths. Nothing new or even interesting. I did however collect my third Black Witch (Ascalapha odorata)in Kentucky for 2014. However, it was a female with a large tear in the left FW and I let it fly. I would not be the last female I would let fly that day.
After checking the traps, removing the moths and take the trap down, I went tree tapping. The wood were still full of Catocala moths. However, with all of the rain during the week, thewater level in the wood was up and required my waders. The temperature was in the low 90's and sloshing through the woods was very difficult. After processing the fifth trap, I saw a Catocala marmorata on a near by tree. As I approached it flew off and I pursued it. After several attempts, I finally got. I used a Catocala Collector similar to Beetlehorns (Tom Payne). It was a very large and fresh female. It's abdomen was swollen with eggs. As I stood there admiring my catch, I had second thoughts and let it fly. Maybe next year the Catocala gods will remember me and I will find a male or two or three.
Does anybody out there collect Papaipema moths. The season has just started. I have colleted three species to date:
Papaipema rutila Papaipema baptisae Papaipema nebris
The Great Papaipema Chase of 2014 is about to begin in Kentucky
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Post by rayrard on Sept 2, 2014 22:33:37 GMT -8
Tried the "concumbens" spot again, hoping to find the elusive relicta that I still have yet to collect. It was very humid and in the 70's, which was more than 10 degrees warmer than the concumbens night. The bait worked quite well but the light's haul has begun to fail, with only one Cat specimen at the light. The little ones are about done, but the big ones are still going strong.
Catocala ilia - 2 C. palaeogama - 2 C. habilis - 3 C. cara - 2 C. subnata - 1 C. obscura - 4 C. serena - 1 C. lineella - 1
None of the willow feeders but the ubiquitous C. cara, which is quite common everywhere in September. It must have a wider host range than the other willow and poplar feeders.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2014 5:37:16 GMT -8
I had seven catocala on and around the sheet this morning. I collected 4. The others were damaged. Better than my usual 2
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