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Post by admin on Mar 1, 2016 17:21:10 GMT -8
Went up today. Caught a dozen fresh Anthocharis sara reakirti and three Philotes sonorensis. My colleague caught five sonorensis plus two Anthocharis lanceolota!
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Post by exoticimports on Mar 2, 2016 11:13:15 GMT -8
Must be nice. Everything in the east is frozen solid.
Chuck
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Post by joee30 on Mar 3, 2016 19:42:21 GMT -8
If you guys catch some extras, I'd be interested in some of those. Might go down that way next month.
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Post by 58chevy on Mar 4, 2016 14:24:35 GMT -8
I've been catching falcate orangetips (Anthocharis midea) since Feb.18. Caught some Calycopis isobeon today. Got a southern dogface and a couple of swallowtails last week (pipevine, palamedes) Saw P glaucus, but couldn't catch it. Caught 3 A. luna on the wall of a convenience store in mid-afternoon. Wish P. sonorensis was in my area. Looking forward to the new collecting season. Hope everybody has a good year.
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Post by mothman27 on Mar 4, 2016 14:35:34 GMT -8
Wow! Now that a lot for this early.
I don't expect to see anything until late March.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2016 17:18:36 GMT -8
I saw 2 hearty little Colias flying around in 57 degree temps and a sustained 25 mph wind today in southern Illinois
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Post by mikeh on Mar 21, 2016 15:45:31 GMT -8
Saw several Anthocharis sara colorado on top of Mesa Verde N.P. in Montezuma county Colorado today along with a couple other whites/marbles, 6,800'. Also Callophrys sheridanii a few miles north of Dolores, 7,600'.
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Post by mothman27 on Mar 22, 2016 16:38:34 GMT -8
Saw a glimpse of the first butterfly today, I believe it was a fritillary.  |
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Post by coloradeo on Mar 24, 2016 21:28:35 GMT -8
I had 25 inches of snow in my yard yesterday. A little jealous of you who already have nets out.
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Post by joee30 on Mar 25, 2016 23:03:48 GMT -8
You had snow? I'm just waiting till the first flowers start blooming here in the Reno area. So far, the beginning of April is when it starts popping here. We are supposed to get snow on Monday and Tuesday, but after the last couple of "big" storms, we didn't get anything except a drizzle last weekend. Planning on going to Auburn for the Sonoran Blues, but feel that they might be almost done, or I might of missed their flight.
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Post by mothman27 on Apr 4, 2016 3:56:04 GMT -8
On Thursday I found the first good beetle of the year, a Lucanus capreolus. Never found one this early before. Then on Friday we got sleet/rain/snow. This weather is crazy.    |
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Post by coloradeo on Apr 4, 2016 6:05:42 GMT -8
Saw my first Pieris yesterday (boy am I out of practice -- missed it) with the snow now melted at my house. I believe I read that is Mr Oehlke's cue to take the cocoons out of the fridge, so I'm following suit.
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Post by mothman27 on Apr 16, 2016 13:03:26 GMT -8
Caught my first butterflies of the year today! It was around 70 and sunny. I caught 5 Pieris rapae and 1 badly worn Vanessa cardui. Also saw several Vanessa atalanta and missed one perfect Nymphalis antiopa  . I hope this weather continues. |
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Post by mothman27 on Apr 18, 2016 3:37:07 GMT -8
Yesterday got: 2 vanessa atalanta(Red Admiral) many pieris rapae(Cabbage White) My first Psychomorpha epimenis(Grapevine Epimenis)  and this morning I got a nice Deidamia inscriptum(Lettered sphinx) Also, a friend found a luna moth here in N. Indiana, Isn't it a little early? |
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Post by 58chevy on Apr 18, 2016 6:41:13 GMT -8
Congrats on the P. epimenis. I tried with no luck for 20 years to find those things. Finally found a dead one last year.
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