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Post by mothman27 on Sept 22, 2016 5:01:22 GMT -8
Did they ever produce viable ova?
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Post by leptraps on Sept 22, 2016 6:04:11 GMT -8
They laid lots of eggs, but no larvae ever hatched. I had high hopes, but no luck.
I have read that although many matings between species occur, few produce viable eggs. This puzzled me when you look at all the hybrids produced by Limenitis arthemis astyanax and Limenitis archippus. However, these two species are closely related within the same be genus.
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Post by leptraps on Sept 22, 2016 7:37:33 GMT -8
As promised: Two pairing of Amphion floridensis & Sphecodina abbottii.
LH: Male died and female was dragging the dead male around the floor of the cage. Later that day the female died, and decided to mount them together.
RH: They remained coupled for two days, I found them both dead in the bottom of the cage still coupled. Again I mounted them coupled.
I had three other pairings, I caged each pair, they separated during the night and all females laid eggs that were not viable.
The above information is from my field note books. I still have those hand written records after all these year.
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Post by leptraps on Sept 27, 2016 16:58:36 GMT -8
The temp dropped to 49 degrees last night. I set a light trap along a wooded area of North Elkhorn Creek, Scott County, Kentucky. I got a few moths, but nothing new. However, I got one Papaipema nepheleptena in mint condition. Although I have collected it else where, it was a first for me in Kentucky.
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