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Post by rayrard on Jul 29, 2015 15:44:45 GMT -8
I'll take some maestosa up in CT!
I went tapping with Larry Gall at Sleeping Giant SP and had good results in 90+ heat
C. palaeogama - abundant C. ilia - common C. parta - 1 C. coccinata - 1 C. cerogama - 6-7 C. residua - 4 C. judith - 2-3 C. serena - 2 C. epione - several C. andromedae - 1 C. micronympha - 1 C. crataegi - 1 C. sordida - 1 C. amica - 1 C. lineella - common C. utronia - 1
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Post by Jonn on Jul 31, 2015 18:30:10 GMT -8
I'm not sure if this is weird or not but my bait traps had completely different species then from what i saw tree tapping. they had piatrix, muliercula, neogama & ultronia. I'd give them all just to see a coccinata. I'm tapping in a oak dominant forest yet getting mostly walnut/hickory eaters
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Post by rayrard on Aug 4, 2015 6:42:57 GMT -8
added C. dejecta, C. retecta, and C. flebilis the past weekend
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2015 8:17:50 GMT -8
I had a front come through and my catocala action has stopped. I suspect as it warms up more it will pick back up. It seems the heat drives them from the canopy down to the trunks where it's cooler.
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Post by rayrard on Aug 5, 2015 16:06:57 GMT -8
Did another round at the Long Island dwarf barrens but didn't see anywhere near as much as last year due to significant cooling.
C. herodias - 3 males, 1 female C. jair - 2 males, 3 females C. similis - 5 C. sordida - 1 C. ultronia - 1 (bait) C. palaeogama - 2 (light)
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Post by Jonn on Aug 6, 2015 11:05:34 GMT -8
I got my C. cara, big relief since i possibly lost one a couple weeks ago. Other than that nothing new, just lots of amatrix, palaeogama, piatrix & muliercula. Also 5 more D. versicolor, guess they're not as rare as i thought.
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Post by bugboys3 on Aug 6, 2015 12:08:46 GMT -8
I am not getting the big numbers some of you are, but I am collecting 1-4 every day in the trap. So far I have collected C. coccinata, mira, ultronia, ilia including a beautiful form normani, insolabilis, habilis and just recently a couple of cara.
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Post by Jonn on Aug 7, 2015 5:17:06 GMT -8
Is this C. palaeogama phalanga? Never seen one with black reniform spots.
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Post by rayrard on Aug 7, 2015 12:34:44 GMT -8
Nice phalanga! If you are collecting the D. versicolor I would be interested in specimens. If not, at least some habitat info would be nice so I can find it myself.
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Post by Jonn on Aug 7, 2015 12:38:05 GMT -8
Nice phalanga! If you are collecting the D. versicolor I would be interested in specimens. If not, at least some habitat info would be nice so I can find it myself. I'm getting them in riparian habitat. The only host in the area i've seen is a few buttonbush If you're ever in Dorchester County, I would try Kraft neck rd as a start. There is quite a few Buttonbush & swamp loosestrife there.
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Post by rayrard on Aug 8, 2015 21:12:46 GMT -8
Had an epic baiting night with a mass movement of C. palaeogama apparent as you could see them against the sky flying from tree to tree. I was at a coastal site in Guilford, CT.
For comparison sakes, I had ONE underwing at my blacklight in the same forest.
At bait:
C. amica - 5+ C. lineella - 2 C. andromedae - 2 C. micronympha (worn) - 1 C. judith - 1 C. epione - 1 C. residua - 6+ C. obscura - 1 C. retecta - 6+ C. dejecta - 2 C. ilia - 30+ C. palaeogama - 70+ (on trees and on bait) C. cerogama - 2 C. amatrix - 1 C. cara - 2 C. muliercula - 1 (new for me) C. ultronia - 1 C. flebilis - 1
Very awesome!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2015 22:40:28 GMT -8
In the last week in three outings I've kept the following:
C. amatrix .....both forms......three C. paleogama.....including one form. annida.....four C. meskei......five......first time in IL C. ultronia.......one C. subnata......one C. nebulosa.....two
Saw more, ( ilia, neogama and more of the above) but only kept the A1 ones.
Also.....got a total of ten Dryocampa rubicunda ......the light form w pink lines. Tonight I got a second female as the first one died wo laying any ova.. Hopefully this second will lay some. I've never collected or even seen this form of this moth in all my years of collecting.
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Post by Jonn on Aug 9, 2015 2:38:39 GMT -8
Huge number of palaeogama here too. Seen at least 40 in the past 2 days
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Post by rayrard on Aug 9, 2015 21:12:00 GMT -8
One night later, different locality more inland
C. palaeogama - much fewer C. ilia C. cerogama - 8+ (one very melanic one) C. serena - 1 C. ultronia - 2 C. epione - 1 C. retecta - 1
All at bait
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Post by bugboys3 on Aug 11, 2015 10:30:45 GMT -8
After getting nothing in my bait trap for two straight days I moved it to another location in the same woods. This morning I had 6 species at the trap. One black underwing that was on the outside of the trap which flew away when I lowered it. Inside was C. ultronia, ilia form conspicua, habilis, meskei (which is a new species for me) and a very worn concumbens. I have not seen a concumbens this far south before.
I am pretty excited about catching more of these and know that there are more species to come as we get later into the season. I have not seen any Catocala in these woods for the past two years, but that was also pre-bait trap.
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